Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi is a retired Israeli dan 6 black belt in judo. He had a long and successful career competing in half-heavyweight judo competitions. He won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 kg judo competition.
South Korea competed as Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 226 competitors, 154 men and 72 women, took part in 134 events in 24 sports.
James A. Pedro is an American retired World Championship and Olympic judoka and current judo coach. Pedro currently holds a 7th degree black belt in judo. He is the coach of Kayla Harrison, the first and currently only American to win an Olympic gold medal in judo.
Morgan Martin Endicott-Davies is an Australian Olympic judo competitor. He is a multiple-time Australian and New Zealand national judo champion and international medallist in judo. He is widely known for his uchi mata, taiotoshi, and juji gatame techniques.
Shinji Hosokawa is a Japanese retired judoka who won two Olympic medals during the 1980s.
Kim Jae-Yup is a South Korean retired judoka.
Movlud Miraliyev is an Azerbaijani retired judoka of Turkish Meskhetian origin.
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 three Olympic gold medals. He has also won five gold medals at the European Championships. He was a member of the Levallois Sporting Club before joining Paris Saint-Germain in August 2017.
Armen Nazaryan is an Armenian judoka. Nazaryan was awarded the Master of Sport of Armenia, International Class title in 2005.
Nicola Kim Fairbrother MBE is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 8th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent 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.
Frank Wieneke is a German judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He is a member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.
Roman Volodymyrovych Hontyuk, also spelled Roman Gontyuk, is an olympic medalist from Ukraine. He won a silver medal in the half-middleweight (–81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and bronze medal in the half-middleweight (–81 kg) division at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Hontyuk is the Merited Master of Sports of Ukraine.
Song Dae-Nam is a former South Korean judoka.
Hamed Malekmohammadi Memar is an Iranian former judoka, who played for both the lightweight and half-middleweight categories. He won the silver medal for the men's 81 kg class at the 2008 Asian Judo Championships in Jeju City, South Korea, losing out to South Korea's Kim Jae-Bum.
Kim Sung-Bum is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's heavyweight category. He is a two-time Olympian, and four-time medalist at the Asian Judo Championships. He defeated Iran's Mahmoud Miran for the gold medal in the open weight division at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Kim also captured two more medals for the same division at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Jeju City, and at the 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.
Bang Gui-man is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the men's lightweight category. He represented his nation South Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics, picked up four medals in the 66 and 73 kg division at the Asian Judo Championships, and earned a bronze medal at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon. Throughout his sporting career, Bang trained for Namyangju City Hall's elite judo squad under his longtime coach and mentor Cho In-chul.
Gerhard Dempf is a German judoka who competed in the men's middleweight category. He has achieved four top-three finishes from the German senior trials in his own division, picked up a total of thirteen medals in his career, and represented Germany in the 90-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of his sporting career, Dempf trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for Munich and Großhadern Gymnastics and Sports Club in Munich under his personal coach and sensei Ralf Matusche.
Lee Bok-hee is a South Korean judoka, who competed in the women's half-middleweight category. She won fourteen medals in her career, including a silver in the 2001 East Asian Games in Osaka, Japan, achieved fifth-place finishes at the 2003 World Judo Championships, and represented her nation South Korea in the 63-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Gwak Dong-han is a South Korean judoka. He won the gold medal in the 90 kg event at the 2015 World Judo Championships. He is currently ranked No. 1 in the world.
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