The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, and commonly known as Tokyo 1964, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 24 October. A total of 5,151 athletes representing 93 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The games featured 163 events across 19 sports and 24 disciplines. Two new sports were introduced to the Summer Olympic Games program in Tokyo: judo and volleyball. The inclusion of volleyball marked the first time that a women's team sport had been introduced.
The International Judo Federation (IJF) is the international governing body for judo, founded in July 1951. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 20 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF.
The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their home countries. Team competitions have also been held since 1994. The men's championships began in 1956, though the format and periodicity of the championships have changed over time. The last edition of the championships took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates in 2024.
Teddy Pierre-Marie Riner is a French judoka. He has won eleven World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka to do so, and five Olympic gold medals. He has also won five gold medals at the European Championships. Riner was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club before joining Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017.
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. Israel became a member of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) in 1994. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Israel won six olympic medals, the most up until this point, breaking Israel's record for olympic medals per olympics.
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.
Yeldos Smetov is a Kazakh judoka and Olympic champion in the under 60 kg weight category. He won gold medals at the 2014 Asian Games and the 2015 World Judo Championships, a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics, and a bronze medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Shira Rishony is an Israeli Olympic lightweight judoka. She competes at U48 kg. She competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics she won a bronze medal in the mixed team event, and placed 5th in the women's 48 kg event. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championship. Rishony is representing Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo; in the women's 48 kg she came in 17th, and she is slated to compete next in the mixed team event on 3 August, 2024.
Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid is a Ukrainian judoka. She is the 2019 World and the 2019 European gold medalist in the 48 kg division. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is also the 2024 European gold medalist in the 57 kg division.
Amandine Buchard is a French judoka. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics winning the silver medal in the half lightweight event and a gold medal in the mixed team event. She is a third dan black belt.
Puan Maharani Nakshatra Kusyala Devi is an Indonesian politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), who is serving as the current speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Indonesia's lower house since 2019. She is the first female and the third-youngest person to take the office permanently, being aged 46, when she took the oath of office. She previously served as the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs between 2014 and 2019, becoming the first female and the youngest coordinating minister, being only 41 when she took office.
Tohar Butbul is an Israeli Olympic judoka. He competes in the under 73 kg weight category, where he won silver medals at the 2019 Judo World Masters and the 2021 European Championships, and won bronze medals in the 2017 Paris Grand Slam and 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. As of March 2018 he was ranked #9 in the world in the U73 kg division. He was a member of the Israeli team that won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Butbul will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 73 kg event on 29 July 2024, and in the mixed team event.
Peter Paltchik is a Ukrainian-born Israeli former European champion and Olympic judoka, competing in the under 100 kg weight category, of which he is the current number 1 ranked Judoka in the world. Paltchik won the bronze medal at the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv. In 2019 he won the Israeli championship in the 100+ Kg category. He then won the gold medal at the 2020 European Judo Championships in Prague. Paltchik also won a bronze medal in the mixed team judo competition in the 2021 Olympics. At the 2023 World Judo Championships he won a bronze medal. Paltchik will represent Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 100 kg event on 1 August 2024, in the mixed team event and will be the flag bearer of his country with the female Olympic swimmer Andrea Murez.
Distria Krasniqi is a Kosovar Albanian judoka. She won a gold medal in the women's 48-kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and a silver medal in the women's 52-kg judo competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.In August 2021, she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albania by the President of Albania.
Diyora Keldiyorova is an Uzbek judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She is also a two-time silver medalist in the women's 52 kg event at the World Judo Championships.
Yang Yung-wei is a Taiwanese Paiwan judoka. He is the current silver Olympic medalist in the extra lightweight event. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's 60 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Lasha Bekauri is a Georgian judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's 90 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. He also won the gold medal in his event at the 2019 Judo World Masters and the 2021 European Judo Championships.
Prisca Guadalupe Awiti Alcaraz is a judoka. Born and raised in England, she represented Mexico at the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she won a silver medal, becoming the first Mexican athlete to win an Olympic medal in judo.
Bernard Benyamin Van Aert is an Indonesian road and track cyclist. He won the silver medal in the omnium at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup. Van Aert competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics and was a flag bearer with judoka Maryam March Maharani.
Indonesia is competing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It is the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics.
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