Cyrille Maret (born 11 August 1987) is a French judoka. [1]
Maret won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 kg. [2] [3]
Waldemar Legień is a Polish retired judoka. He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992. He is also the first person to win back-to-back two Olympic gold medals in Judo.
Misato Nakamura is a Japanese judoka. She won the bronze medal in the -52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same weight class at the 2009 World Judo Championships.
Sarah Gabrielle Cabral de Menezes is a judoka from Brazil. In 2012, she became the first Brazilian woman to win an Olympic gold medal in judo, after defeating the reigning Olympic champion Alina Dumitru. She also competed at the 2008 and 2016 Summer Olympics.
Emmanuel "Emma" Lucenti is a judoka from Argentina. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's half-middleweight (–81 kg). At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he lost in second round to Euan Burton. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Kim Jae-bum. As Kim continued on to the gold medal match, Lucenti took part in the bronze medal repechage, where he lost in the first round to Antoine Valois-Fortier. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Lucenti was once again eliminated by Valois-Fortier, this time in the third round.
Audrey Tcheuméo is a French judoka. She won respectively bronze and silver medals in the women's −78 kg events at the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics. She has also won medals at the World Judo Championships and European Judo Championships.
Gévrise Émane is a French judoka. She was the European champion in the women's 63 kg weight class.
Automne Pavia is a French judoka. In 2012, she won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the class –57 kg.
Sally Conway is a Scottish retired judoka who competed for Team GB in the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 70 kg judo event. Conway won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She competed for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal at the at women's 70 kg judo event. As of 2024, Conway coaches Sweden's national judo team.
Lukáš Krpálek is a Czech heavyweight judoka. A former world champion, former European champion and former and current Olympic Champion. He is the most successful judoka in Czech and Czechoslovak history, and was named Czech Judoka of the Year eight times between 2008 and 2015.
Émilie Gladwys Andéol is a French judoka competing in the women's +78 kg division. She won a gold medal at the 2014 European Judo Championships in Montpellier, and a bronze medal at the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk. She won the gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Barbara Matić is a Croatian judoka. She is a two-time world champion in the women's 70 kg event as well as a two-time junior world champion in the women's 70 kg division. Matić won a bronze medal at the 2014 European Judo Championships. Her younger sister Brigita Matić has also been a successful judoka on junior level.
Tsend-Ochiryn Tsogtbaatar is a Mongolian judoka.
Toma Nikiforov is a Belgian judoka who competes in the under 100 kg category. In 2015, he won bronze medals at the world championships and European Games. He placed second at the 2016 European championships, but was eliminated in the second bout at the Rio Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 2018 and 2021 European Championships.
Karl-Richard Frey is a German judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 kg. He finished in 5th place after losing to Cyrille Maret of France in the bronze medal match.
Luise Malzahn is a German retired judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's 78 kg. She finished in 5th place after losing to Anamari Velenšek of Slovenia in the bronze medal match.
Miklós Cirjenics is a Hungarian judoka. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Yu Song is a Chinese judoka. Competing in the over 78 kg category she won the World Championships in 2015 and 2017 and an Olympics bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Yu is married to Zhang Maohong.
Iakiv Mykhailovych Khammo is an Assyrian-Ukrainian judoka.
Ayouba Traoré is a heavyweight judoka from Mali. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in the 100 kg category, and was eliminated by Cyrille Maret in the first bout.
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 will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event on 1 August 2024, in the mixed team event and will be the flag bearer of his country with the female Olympic swimmer Andrea Murez.