Majlinda Kelmendi is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach.
Sagi Aharon Muki is an Israeli Olympic and former world champion half-middleweight judoka. Muki is the 2019 World Champion. He also won the 2015 and 2018 European championships. In the mixed team event at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Muki was a member of the Israeli team that won the bronze medal.
Francisco Garrigós Rosa is a Spanish judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France, the first Olympic medal for Spanish judo since the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the men's 60 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.
Soichi Hashimoto is a Japanese judoka. Hashimoto is currently ranked first in the lightweight division.
Tohar Butbul is an Israeli Olympic 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. He was a member of the Israeli team that won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Butbul represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the men's 73 kg event in which he came in ninth, and in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.
Peter Paltchik is a Ukrainian-born Israeli former European champion and Olympic judoka, competing in the under 100 kg weight category, of which he is the current number 1 ranked Judoka in the world. Paltchik won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv. In 2019 he won the Israeli championship in the 100+ Kg category. He then won the gold medal at the 2020 European Judo Championships in Prague. Paltchik also won a bronze medal in the mixed team judo competition in the 2021 Olympics. At the 2023 World Judo Championships he won a bronze medal. Paltchik represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event and in the mixed team event, and was the flag bearer for his country, alongside the swimmer Andrea Murez.
Khikmatillokh Turaev is an Uzbekistani judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 Military World Games held in Wuhan, China.
Jorre Verstraeten is a Belgian judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020 and 2022. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus.
Shirine Boukli is a French judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the silver medal in the women's 48 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. And the gold medal in the women's 48 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020, 2022 and 2023.
Tato Grigalashvili is a Georgian judoka. He won the silver medal in the men's 81 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He is a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, in the men's 81 kg event at the World Judo Championships. He is also a three-time gold medalist in his event at the European Judo Championships.
Victor Sterpu is a Moldovan judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. In July 2021, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Zelym Olegovich Kotsoiev is a Ukrainian-Azerbaijani judoka of Ossetian heritage. He won the gold medal in the men's 100 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He is a three-time medalist, including gold, at the World Judo Championships and a four-time medalist, including gold, at the European Judo Championships.
Inbar Lanir is an Israeli Olympic silver medalist judoka and 2023 world champion. She competes in the under 78 kg weight category. She also won a mixed-team bronze medal at the 2020 Olympic Games. In addition to winning the 2023 world championship, she won gold medals at the 2023 World Masters and the 2023 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam. Lanir competed for Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics, and won the silver medal in the women's 78 kg, while she also represented Israel in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.
Nils Stump is a Swiss judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. He is a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Akil Gjakova is a Kosovo Albanian judoka. He is a gold medalist at the Mediterranean Games and the 2021 European Judo Championships.
Manuel Lombardo is an Italian judoka. He is a two-time silver medalist at the World Judo Championships. He is also a gold medalist at both the Mediterranean Games and the European Judo Championships. Lombardo represented Italy at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
The 2023 World Judo Championships were held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar, from 7 to 14 May 2023 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period, concluding with a mixed team event on the final day.
The Men's 60 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar on 7 May 2023.
The Men's +100 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships was held at the Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena in Doha, Qatar on 13 May 2023.
Murodjon Yuldoshev is an Uzbekistani judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.
