Judo shapes lives long after the final contest. In this series, JudoInside follows former champions into their second careers, from doctors and professors to entrepreneurs, broadcasters and ...

Judoka Akira Inada of Japan won gold at the All Japan Judo Championships Fukuoka in 1966 in the category U70kg.

Marcel Medved is a judoka from Slovenia who competed at -80kg and +93kg and took bronze at the 1964 Slovenian Championships Celje. He also took silver at the 1965 Slovenian Junior Championships ...

Ryoko Tani turns 50 today, providing an appropriate moment to look back at a career that remains almost impossible to match. Formerly known as Ryoko Tamura, the Japanese U48kg legend won seven world ...

Ernesto Pérez Lobo remains one of the most important male judoka Spain has produced. The Madrid heavyweight reached the Olympic final in Atlanta in 1996, competed at three Olympic Games and remained ...

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Although betting is closely associated with many global sports, judo is not the first which springs to mind when making the connection. Yet when the World Judo Championships come around every year, ...

Jean-Marie Falise, born 12 November 1919, is a judoka from Belgium who won the 1950 Belgian Championships. He also took bronze at the 1951 European Team Championships Paris.

Europe’s leading junior judoka return to Podgorica this week for the 2026 European Junior Championships, with 400 competitors from 44 countries gathering in the Montenegrin capital from 3 to 5 ...

Hidehiko Yoshida belongs to that rare category of judoka whose medal record, impressive as it is, still does not quite explain how good he actually was. Olympic champion, world champion and four-time ...

Japanese judo has lost one of the outstanding heavyweights of the 1980s with the passing of Yoshimi Masaki, the 1985 world champion in the open category. Masaki died on 30 August at the age of 64, ...