2008
12
Aug
Germany’s Ole Bischof has won the gold medal in men’s judo 81kg division.
Jaebum Kim from South Korea won the silver medal. The two bronze medals went to Roman Gontiuk from the Ukraine and Tiago Camilo from Brazil.
2008
12
Aug
Germany’s Ole Bischof, the 2005 European championships threw Kim Jae-bum from the Republic of Korea for a yuko to claim gold in Judo Men’s -81kg. He also finished fifth at the 2006 and 2007 European Championships.
Tiago Camilo of Brazil defeated Guillaume Elmont of the Netherlands with an ippon to win the first of two [...]
2008
12
Aug
Japan’s Tanimoto Ayumi, the defending Olympic champion in Judo Women’s -63kg, needed just 1:26 to beat Lucie Decosse of France with an ippon. She was the bronze medalist at the 2007 World Championships, but has competed in only 33 matches in international competitions since 2004.
Elisabeth Willeboordse of the Netherlands defeated Driulis Gonzalez of Cuba [...]
2008
11
Aug
Italy’s Giulia Quintavalle won the women’s 57-kilogram judo gold at the Beijing Games on Monday, defeating Deborah Gravenstijn of the Netherlands.
Quintavalle took the early lead in the cautious final, then expanded on it with a throw with just under 2 minutes remaining. Gravenstijn, ranked 8th in the world, could not find an opening, and was [...]
2008
11
Aug
World number 1 Elnur Mammadli, from Azerbaijan beat Wang Ki-chun from Korea with an ippon in just 13 seconds, to win the gold in men’s judo – 73kg division.
Rasul Boqiev from Tajikistan and Leandro Guilheiro from Brazil both won bronze medals.
2008
11
Aug
Giulia Quintavalle from Italy won the gold medal in her first Olympic games in women’s judo 57kg division.
Deborah Gravenstijn from the Netherlands won the silver medal. Ketleyn Quadros from Brazil and Yan Xu from China both won bronze medals.
Aiko Sato had to pull out from an ankle injury she sustained in a fall.
2008
10
Aug
Chinese mama judoka Xian Dongmei on Sunday won women’s 52kg class to become the first Chinese Olympic gold medalist who successfully defended the champion, followed by Masato Uchishiba’s first gold for Japan in men’s 66kg.
With the second gold medal in women’s light-weight class, Xian, 33, has become the first Chinese Olympian who retains a [...]
2008
9
Aug
Choi Min-ho from South Korea won the gold medal in the men’s 60kg division, beating Ludwig Paischer from Austria with an ippon. Ludwig Paischer won the silver.
Choi beat Dutch judoka Ruben Houkes in the semifinal in just 4 seconds. Rishod Sobirov from Uzbekistan and Ruben Houkes from Netherlands won the bronze medals.
2008
4
Aug
Ryoko Tani is Japan’s most well known and loved Olympic athletes. She won gold in the extra-lightweight class (48kg) at the Sydney and Athens Olympic games.
Tani took a break from judo for two years to raise her son. On her return in 2007 she defeated Cuba’s Yanet Bermoy to win her seventh world [...]