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| Venue | Barys Arena |
| Location | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Dates | 16–18 June 2023 |
| Competitors | 342 from 43 nations |
| Total prize money | €154,000 [1] |
| Competition at external databases | |
| Links | IJF • EJU • JudoInside |
The 2023 Judo Grand Slam Astana is a judo competition of the Grand Slam series that was held at the Barys Arena in Astana, Kazakhstan from 16 to 18 June 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period. [2] [3] [4] [5]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−60 kg) |  Magzhan Shamshadin (KAZ) |  Cédric Revol (FRA) |  Tornike Tsjakadoea (NED) |
 Doston Ruziev (UZB) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−66 kg) |  David García Torné (ESP) | Gusman Kyrgyzbayev (KAZ) | Maxime Gobert (FRA) |
| Alberto Gaitero (ESP) | |||
| Lightweight (−73 kg) |  Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov (AIN) |  Adam Stodolski (POL) | Daniyar Shamshayev (KAZ) |
| Askar Narkulov (KAZ) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−81 kg) |  Somon Makhmadbekov (TJK) |  Guilherme Schimidt (BRA) | José María Mendiola (ESP) |
 Dominic Ressel (GER) | |||
| Middleweight (−90 kg) | Tristani Mosakhlishvili (ESP) | Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou (FRA) | Axel Clerget (FRA) |
 Theodoros Tselidis (GRE) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−100 kg) | Matvey Kanikovskiy (AIN) |  Dzhafar Kostoev (UAE) | Islam Bozbayev (KAZ) |
 Zlatko Kumrić (CRO) | |||
| Heavyweight (+100 kg) | Tamerlan Bashaev (AIN) | Temur Rakhimov (TJK) | Valeriy Endovitskiy (AIN) |
| Galymzhan Krikbay (KAZ) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extra-lightweight (−48 kg) |  Assunta Scutto (ITA) | Laura Martínez (ESP) | Khalimajon Kurbonova (UZB) |
| Kristina Dudina (AIN) | |||
| Half-lightweight (−52 kg) | Odette Giuffrida (ITA) |  Ryūko Takeda (JPN) |  Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (AZE) |
| Sita Kadamboeva (UZB) | |||
| Lightweight (−57 kg) | Sarah-Léonie Cysique (FRA) |  Nora Gjakova (KOS) | Julie Beurskens (NED) |
 Cai Qi (CHN) | |||
| Half-middleweight (−63 kg) |  Kim Ji-su (KOR) |  Katharina Haecker (AUS) | Joanne van Lieshout (NED) |
| Laura Fazliu (KOS) | |||
| Middleweight (−70 kg) | Elisavet Teltsidou (GRE) | Sanne van Dijke (NED) | Aoife Coughlan (AUS) |
| Kim Polling (NED) | |||
| Half-heavyweight (−78 kg) | Mao Izumi (JPN) |  Patrícia Sampaio (POR) | Madeleine Malonga (FRA) |
| Fanny Estelle Posvite (FRA) | |||
| Heavyweight (+78 kg) | Xu Shiyan (CHN) | Marit Kamps (NED) | Su Xin (CHN) |
| Akerke Ramazanova (KAZ) |
Source Results [2]
* Host nation (Kazakhstan)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | Individual Neutral Athletes | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 4 | Kazakhstan (KAZ)* | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Tajikistan (TJK) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kosovo (KOS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Portugal (POR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| United Arab Emirates (UAE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 18 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 28 | 56 | |
The sums written are per medalist, bringing the total prizes awarded to €154,000. [1] (retrieved from: [3] )
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | €5,000 | €4,000 | €1,000 |
 Silver | €3,000 | €2,400 | €600 |
 Bronze | €1,500 | €1,200 | €300 |
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