Shay-Oren Smadja is an Israeli judo coach and former competitive judoka. Smadja won an Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli male to win an Olympic medal, and the second Israeli overall after Yael Arad who won silver in judo the day before.
David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet is a French politician and retired judoka.
Brian Jacks is a British judoka who won Britain's first medal at a World Championships taking a bronze in Salt Lake City 1967, and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Hüseyin Özkan, née Huseyn Delimbekovich Bisultanov, is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight (–66 kg) category. He became the first judoka to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey. He is a member of the İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi S.K.
Udo Quellmalz, known as Quelle, is a German judoka. He competed in judo at the Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1992 and a gold medal in 1996. He also won the World Judo Championships in 1991 and 1995. Quellmalz was appointed head coach of the Flemish Judo Federation in 2022. He has previously directed the British judo team and served as a coach for the Austrian and Qatari teams.
Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka and scholar of sports science.
Miklós Ungvári is a Hungarian former half-lightweight judoka who held the European title in 2002, 2009 and 2011. He competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 2012 and placing fifth in 2016.
Irakli Tsirekidze is a Georgian judoka.
Elco van der Geest is a Dutch-born Belgian judoka. Throughout his career, Elco had competed for the Netherlands. In August 2009, Elco accepted the request to join the Belgian team. He achieved Belgian citizenship right before the 2009 World Judo Championships in Rotterdam.
David Rostomovich Khakhaleishvili was a heavyweight Georgian judoka, mixed martial artist and Olympic gold medalist. He was born in Kutaisi.
Yoshiyuki Matsuoka is a retired judoka from Japan, who represented Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Matsuoka won the gold medal in the men's half-lightweight division (–65 kg), after having defeated South Korea's Hwang Jung-Oh in the final by Seoi Nage. He trained under 4 time world champion Shozo Fujii (1971–1979).
Choi Min-ho is a South Korean judoka. He was born in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea.
David Larose is a French judoka. He competed for France at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Luciano Ribeiro Corrêa is a Brazilian judoka, who competes in the –100 kg category. He was world champion in the 2007 World Judo Championships.
Angelo Parisi is a French judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. At his Olympic debut in 1972 he represented Great Britain. Parisi holds the 8th dan degree.
Oreidis Despaigne Terry is a male judoka from Cuba, winner of the Pan American Games men's half heavyweight division at the 2007 Games. Terry also won a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and at the 2007 and 2010 World Championships.
Natalie Anne Powell is a Welsh judoka. She competed for Wales in the women's 78 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.
Vazha Margvelashvili is a Georgian judoka. He won the gold medal at the 2016 and the 2024 European Judo Championships, and the silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the men's 66 kg event.
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.
Benjamin Karl Fletcher is a former British and now Irish judoka.
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