Paula Belén Pareto is an Argentine retired judoka and physician. She was the flag bearer for her country at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was the first Argentinian woman to become Olympic Champion.
Majlinda Kelmendi is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach.
Avtandili Tchrikishvili is a Georgian judoka who has been a former world champion. After Tchrikishvilli won the World Championships in 2014, the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Georgia named him the Best Georgian Sportsman of 2014. As of 6 June 2016, he was ranked No. 1 in the world.
Varlam Liparteliani is a Georgian judoka. He has won silver at Olympic and World level.
FaicelJaballah is a Tunisian judoka. He is 1,96 m tall and weighs 130 kg.
Beslan Zaudinovich Mudranov is a Russian judoka and former Sambo wrestler (2003–2008) of Circassian descent. He won two gold medals in 2012 European Judo Championships and 2014 European Judo Championships. His coach is Rudolf Mikhailovich Baboyan. Beslan earned Russia's first gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Djibouti competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. The nation's participation marked its eighth appearance at the Summer Olympics. Djibouti did not field any athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
Matthew Baker, is a male Japanese judoka.
The Refugee Olympic Team competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016, as independent Olympic participants.
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.
Jeong Bo-kyeong is a South Korean judoka. She ranks as Nr. 8. in the world.
Fabio Basile is an Italian 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.
Mammadali Mehdiyev is an Azerbaijani judoka who competed at the 2015 World Championships and 2016 Summer Olympics. Participant of the Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
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.
Quedjau Frantsiskovych Nhabali is a Ukrainian judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg.
Hisayoshi Harasawa is a Japanese judoka. Harasawa was considered a staple of Japanese heavyweight judo throughout the 2010s decade.
Roy Meyer is a Dutch judoka.
Jasmin Grabowski née Külbs is a German judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the women's +78 kg. She was defeated by Ksenia Chibisova of Russia in the first round.
Freddy Figueroa is an Ecuadorian 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 Kim Sung-min.
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