2008
7
Sep
China and Algeria both received double happiness in judo as they each wrapped up the two golds in women’s and men’s competition respectively at the Beijing Paralympics on Sunday.
Guo Huaping and Cui Na both surprised their coaches and themselves after winning the women’s -48kg and -52 kg divisions.
Guo overwhelmed Brazilian Karla Cardoso, silver medallist [...]
2008
7
Sep
Saeed Rahmati of Iran lost to Algeria’s Mouloud Noura in the final of the Men’s -60Kg Judo competitions for the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games held in Beijing Sunday, but won silver medal in this category.
Iranian judoka triumphed in his first encounter against Uruguayan competitor on Sunday morning and then went on to defeat Cuba’s Sergio [...]
2008
15
Aug
Satoshi Ishii sent Japan out on a winning note in the Olympic judo competition when he won the men’s over-100-kilogram gold medal Friday at the Beijing Games.
Ishii, in his first major global tournament, defeated Asian champion Abdullo Tangriev of Uzbekistan in the final on the last day of judo at the Beijing University of [...]
2008
15
Aug
Wen Tong from China beat Maki Tsukada from Japan in the women’s 78kg plus division of judo.
Lucija Polavder from Slovenia and Idalys Ortiz from Cuba won the bronze medal.
2008
14
Aug
Yang Xiuli of China has won the gold medal in judo women’s -78kg class by beating Cuba’s Yalennis Castillo.
An emotional Stephanie Possamai from France won the bronze medal together with Gyeongmi Jeong from South Korea.
2008
14
Aug
Tuvshinbayar Naidan from Mongolia has won the men’s 100kg judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympics, beating Askhat Zhitkeyev from Kazakhstan.
Bronze medals went to Movlud Miraliyev from Azerbaijan and Henk Grol from the Netherlands.
2008
13
Aug
Ueno Masae from Japan beat Cuban Anaysi Hernandez by ippon to take the women’s 70kg judo gold medal at the Beijing Olympic Game Olympics
The bronze medal was shared by Ronda Rousey of the United States and Edith Bosch of the Netherlands.
2008
13
Aug
Ueno Masae of Japan needed just six seconds to beat Cuba’s Anaysi Hernandez with an ippon to claim her second consecutive Olympic gold in Judo Women’s -70kg.
Ronda Rousey of the United States defeated Athens’s bronze medalist Annett Boehm of Germany with a yuko to take the first of two bronze medals, while Edith Bosch [...]
2008
13
Aug
Irakli Tsirekidze of Georgia, gold medalist of the 2007 World Championships, won gold in his Olympic debut, winning Judo Men’s -90kg by beating Amar Benikhlef of Algeria with a shido.
In his second Olympic Games, Hesham Mesbah of Egypt defeated Yves-Matthieu Dafreville of France with an ippon to take the first bronze in Judo Men -90kg. [...]
2008
12
Aug
Tanimoto Ayumi of Japan has won gold medal in the 63kg women’s judo competition. Lucie Decosse from France won the silver.
The bronze medal was shared by Elisabeth Willeboordse of the Netherlands and Im Won-ok DPR of Korea.