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Judo is generally categorized as a modern Japanese martial art, which has since evolved into an Olympic event. The sport was created in 1882 by Jigoro Kano (嘉納治五郎) as a physical, mental, and moral pedagogy in Japan. With its origins coming from jujutsu, judo's most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the objective is to either throw or take down an opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue an opponent with a pin, or force an opponent to submit with a joint lock or a choke. Strikes and thrusts by hands and feet as well as weapons defences are a part of judo, but only in pre-arranged forms and are not allowed in judo competition or free practice. It was also referred to as Kanō Jiu-Jitsu until the introduction to the Olympic event. A judo practitioner is called a "judoka", and the judo uniform is called "judogi".
Antonius Johannes Geesink was a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He was the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championship, a feat he accomplished in 1961 and 1965. He was also an Olympic Champion, having won gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Japan, and won a record 21 European Judo Championships during his career.
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.
The Judo competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. With the open division, there were eight competitions. Japan returned to the top of the medal count, after boycotting the Moscow games. Because of the Soviet-led boycott of the Los Angeles games, several traditionally strong judo countries, including Cuba and the Soviet Union, did not participate. The Judo competition was held at California State University, Los Angeles.
Gella Vandecaveye is a judoka from Belgium who competed at four Olympic Games.
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 participated as a demonstration sport. Women judoka were first awarded medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Shay-Oren Smadja is a former Israeli judoka and a judo coach. Smadja won the Olympic bronze medal in judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics, making him the first Israeli man to win an Olympic medal, and the second Israeli overall after Yael Arad won silver in judo the day before.
Maria Pekli is an Australian judoka of Hungarian descent. She was Australian Champion in the u/57 kg division for seven consecutive years, between 1997–2003.
Israel has competed at the Olympic Games as a nation since 1952. Its National Olympic Committee was formed in 1933 during the British Mandate of Palestine. Israel has sent a team to each Summer Olympic Games since 1952 and to each Winter Olympic Games since 1994. The country became a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in 1994.
Islam El Shehaby is an Egyptian former judoka.
Kim Jae-bum (김재범) is a retired South Korean judoka. Despite being plagued with injuries throughout his career, Kim is known for dominating major competitions at the half-middleweight category (81kg)—particularly between his Olympic debut in 2008 and his 2012 Olympic finals rematch against Ole Bischof.
Mayra Aguiar da Silva is a Brazilian judoka. She was a bronze medalist in two consecutive Olympics, 2012 and 2016. She is also two-time world champion.
Yuri Alvear Orejuela is a Colombian female judoka, three times World Champion in her division.
Lasha Shavdatuashvili is a Georgian judoka. He won the gold medal in the 66 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Javad Mahjoub is an Iranian judoka.
Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo will feature around 386 judoka competing in 15 events, seven each for both men and women as well as a new mixed team event. The 2020 Summer Olympics was postponed in March 2020 and planned for 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rochelle Anne Stormont is a New Zealand judoka who competed in the women's half-lightweight category. She held five New Zealand senior titles in her division between 1997 and 2004, picked up a total of seven medals in her career, and represented her nation New Zealand in the 52-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Or "Ori" Sasson is an Israeli Olympic judoka. He won a bronze medal in the +100 kg category at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Nauru competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The country's participation in Brazil was its sixth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Nauru's delegation included two participants: Ovini Uera, a judoka in the men's middleweight judo category; and Elson Brechtefeld in the men's 56 kg weightlifting competition. Uera qualified as Nauru's top-ranked judoka, in the IJF World Ranking List through a quota slot from the Oceania Judo Union. Brechtefeld qualified by grant from the International Weightlifting Federation of an unused quota place. Uera was eliminated by Varlam Liparteliani in the round of 16 and Brechtefeld finished 15th in his event.
Barbara Matić is a Croatian judoka. A two-time world junior champion in the women's 70 kg division, Matić won bronze at the 2014 European Judo Championships. Her younger sister Brigita Matić has also been a successful judoka on junior level.
References
- ↑ "US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present | Judo Info". judoinfo.com.
- ↑ "Jesse Goldstein, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com.
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