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.
Ilias Iliadis is a Georgian-Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
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.
Keiji Suzuki is a Japanese judoka and scholar of sports science.
Maxim Rakov is a Kazakhstani judoka.
Alexander Mikhaylin is a Russian judoka. He is a silver medalist in heavyweight at the 2012 Olympics in London, as well as multiple world champion.
Thierry Rey is a French judoka, world and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the extra lightweight (–60 kg) division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He is the father of Martin Rey-Chirac, as a result of a relation with Claude Chirac, a daughter of late president Jacques Chirac.
Ivan Vitaliyevich Nifontov is a Russian judoka. He won the bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the category men's –81 kg. He carried the Winter Olympic torch before the Sochi Games.
Rustam Orujov is an Azerbaijani retired judoka. He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics; after defeating Gideon van Zyl in the second round, he was eliminated by Mansur Isaev in the third round. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Kirill Georgiyevich Denisov is a Russian judoka.
Loïc Pietri is a French judoka who competes in the –81 kg category. He won the world title in 2013, placing third in 2014 and second in 2015. At the 2016 Olympics he was eliminated in the first bout. His father, Marcel Pietri, won a silver medal at the 1986 European Championships.
Matthew Baker, is a male Japanese judoka.
Martyna Trajdos is a German judoka competing in the women's 63 kg division. She won gold at the 2015 European Judo Championships in Baku. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in the women's 63 kg division. She was defeated by Mariana Silva of Brazil in the second round. In 2020, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, which was held from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation at Rio marked its ninth appearance at the Summer Olympic Games since its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation included two track and field athletes, Adama Jammeh and Gina Bass, who both qualified after meeting the qualification standards for their respective events, one judoka, Faye Njie, who made the Games through a quota place and one swimmer, Pap Jonga, who earned a universality place to enter the Games. The Gambia made their début appearances in the judo and swimming events. Bass was selected as the flag bearer for the opening and closing ceremonies. All four athletes were eliminated from the first rounds of their events.
Fabio Basile is an Italian judoka.
Hisayoshi Harasawa is a Japanese judoka. Harasawa was considered a staple of Japanese heavyweight judo throughout the 2010s decade.
Faye Njie is a Finnish-born Gambian judoka. He was born in Helsinki, Finland to a Finnish mother and a Gambian father, and has represented both countries.
Igor Wandtke is a German judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 73 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Sagi Muki.
Soyib Kurbonov is an Uzbekistani judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Artem Bloshenko.
The mixed team competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta was held on 1 September at the Jakarta Convention Center Assembly Hall.
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