Judo was first included in the Summer Olympic Games at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, Japan. After not being included in 1968, judo has been an Olympic sport in each Olympiad since then. Only male judoka participated until the 1988 Summer Olympics, when women's judo was organized as a demonstration sport. Women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Vanessa Martina Zambotti Barreto is a Mexican judoka.
Shay-Oren Smadja is an Israeli judo coach and former competitive judoka. Smadja won an Olympic bronze medal in 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.
Giuseppe Maddaloni is an Italian judoka. He was born in Naples.
Lucia Morico is an Italian judoka.
Urška Žolnir is a Slovenian politician and a retired judoka. She's a member of Judo Club Sankaku Celje.
Luigi Guido is an Italian judoka.
Jennifer ("Jenny") Eva Caroline Gal is a retired judoka who competed for The Netherlands at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
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.
Claudia Carolina Mariani Ambrueso is a retired female judoka who represented Argentina in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, was flag bearer in 1996 being her last Olympic Game Sydney 2000.
Cinzia Cavazzuti is an Italian former judoka who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Elio Verde is an Italian judoka who competes in the men's 66 kg (146 lb) category. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he was defeated in the semi-finals.
Lasha Shavdatuashvili is a Georgian judoka. Shavdatuashvili is one of the most successful judoka of the early 21st century, having won Olympic medals at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics as well as a dozen medals on the IJF World Tour.
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.
Odette Giuffrida is an Italian judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She competed at the 2023 World Judo Championships, where she placed third in the women's 52 kg.
Fabio Basile is an Italian judoka.
Krisztián Tóth is a Hungarian judoka. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 90 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Alessandra Giungi is an Italian judoka. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Maria Teresa Motta is an Italian former judoka. She competed in the women's heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Motta is a former athlete of the Gruppo Sportivo Fiamme Oro.
Diego Brambilla is an Italian judoka. A member of the International Judo Federation, he competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also won the World Cups in 1993, (U71kg) bronze medal in 1995, and Prague in 1996.
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