World Championships Budapest - Event
Home » Event » World Championships Budapest » Judo results
World Championships Budapest
- Date: 28 Aug 2017 - 3 Sep 2017
- Place: Budapest, Hungary
- Type: World Championships
- Comparable competitions:
IJF Sports Director Jeong Ki -Young gives the example as former World Champion
IJF Hall of Famer Jeon Ki-Young (KOR) is one of judo’s most celebrated judoka. The Atlanta 1996 Olympic champion, who is now an IJF Sports Director, cast his mind back to his early days in the sport and when he first harboured the ambitions of one day becoming a world champion. Read more
Erika Miranda says farewell to sparkling judo career
Five time World Championships medallist Erika Miranda of Brazil retired of judo. The number five of the Rio Olympic Games took five consecutive world championships medals since 2013 but had to say goodbye to judo to keep her future in health. Miranda announced her retirement on Tuesday. Read more
Alexander Wieczerzak wants to make the impossible possible again
Alexander Wieczerzak was a great surprise at the 2017 World Championships taking the gold medal U81kg. He never won an IJF event before. The IJF spoke to Germany's reigning U81kg world champion who fights at the European Cup in Celje U90kg this weekend in preparation of the forthcoming World Championships. Read more
World Champion Aaron Wolf out of the game for three months
Aaron Wolf is injured and will be out of competition for another three months. The Japanese World Champion of Budapest suffers a meniscal lesion. Read more
Yu Song Awarded at the ANOC Awards
ANOC (Association of National Olympic Committees) organized its XXII general Assembly in Prague in the early days of November. On that occasion, the third edition of the ANOC Awards were held in the beautiful Czech capital and Yu Song (CHN) was recognised for her fantastic sporting achievements, as she received the award for Best Female Athlete from Asia. Read more
- 26 Oct 2017Slovenian World Championships runner-up Mihael Zgank switches to Turkey
- 23 Sep 2017Interview World Champion Nemanja Majdov three weeks after that special feeling
- 21 Sep 2017Is the Serbian domination U90kg unique?
- 12 Sep 2017Legendary 10th Dan George Kerr celebrates birthday with a journey
- 4 Sep 2017Nutrition can play a role when it comes to golden score
- 4 Sep 2017Eight new World Ranking leaders set Japan back to the top
- 4 Sep 2017Chair for IJF athlete commission still an option for Teddy Riner
- 2 Sep 2017French superstar teddy Riner wins 9th world judo title
