The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the international governing body for judo, founded in July 1951. The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe and Argentina. Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF.
Shira Rishony is an Israeli Olympic lightweight judoka. She competed at U48 kg. She competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics and at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Tal Flicker is an Israeli judoka. He competes in the under 66 kg weight category, and won bronze medals in the 2017 World Judo Championships and the 2018 European Judo Championships as well as a silver medal in the 2020 European Judo Championships. Flicker won the 2017 Baku Grand Slam, 2017 Cancún Grand Prix and Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. In August 2017 he was ranked # 1 in the world in the U66 kg division.
Tohar Butbul is an Israeli judoka. He competes in the under 73 kg weight category, where he won silver medals at the 2019 Judo World Masters and the 2021 European Championships, and won bronze medals in the 2017 Paris Grand Slam and 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. As of March 2018 he was ranked #9 in the world in the U73 kg division.
Gefen Primo is an Israeli judoka. She competes in the under 52 kg weight category, and won bronze medals in the 2021 World Judo Championships, 2018 European Judo Championships and 2021 European Judo Championships.
Peter Paltchik is a Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka, competing in the under 100 kg weight category, of which he is the current number 1 ranked Judoka in the world. In September 2019 he won the Israeli championship in the 100+ Kg category. Paltchik won the gold medal at the 2020 European Judo Championships in Prague on November 21, 2020, beating Russian judoka Arman Adamian in the final, Adding to his bronze medal from the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv. Paltchik also won a bronze medal in the mixed team judo competition in the 2021 Olympics.
Uta Abe is a Japanese judoka. She won the gold medal in the half lightweight event, and silver medal in mixed team, at the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.
Denis Vieru is a Moldovan judoka who competes in the men's half-lightweight 66 kg category. He competed in the men's 66 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Chelsie Giles is a British judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Giles' medal was the first awarded to Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Beata Pacut is a Polish judoka. She is a bronze medalist at the 2022 World Judo Championships and a gold medalist at the 2021 European Judo Championships. She also competed at the World Judo Championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021.
Inbar Lanir is an Israeli Olympic judoka, world champion She competes in the under 78 kg weight category, and won a bronze medals in the 2021 Tashkent Grand Slam and the 2021 Tbilisi Grand Slam.
Inbal Shemesh is an Israeli judoka.
Raz Hershko is an Israeli judoka. She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Yoon Hyun-ji is a South Korean judoka. In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Alice Bellandi is an Italian judoka. In 2021, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Fabienne Kocher is a Swiss judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
The IJF World Tour is a worldwide top-tier judo tour, organized by the International Judo Federation since 2009.
Bogdan Iadov is a Ukrainian judoka.
Daniel Eich is a Swiss judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 100 kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The 2023 Judo Grand Prix Almada was held at the Complexo Municipal dos Desportos da Cidade de Almada in Almada, Portugal, from 27 to 29 January 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period.
