Nae Udaka
- Country:Japan
- Born:6 March 1985 (35 years)
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World silver medallist Yoshida wins as Japan take a clean sweep
World silver medallist Yoshida Tsukasa (JPN) led an all-Japanese quartet onto the U57kg medal podium as Japan kept all four medals in judo’s founding country. Yoshida defeated six-time Grand Slam medallist Yamamoto Anzu (JPN) in the U57kg final in a battle attrition with both judoka having two shido penalties to their names going into golden score. Read more
Japan wins first World Mixed Team Championships by 6-0 to Brazil
Japan has won the Mixed Team competition of the World Judo Championships as. The Mixed Team Competition was officially added to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic programme by the IOC in June and the hosts of the next Olympiad won the first edition of the new format at the senior level. Read more
Miryam Roper seals history as oldest ever winner of a Grand Slam
Former world bronze medallist Miryam Roper of Panama exceeded all expectations on her return to the international circuit as she marked her first IJF World Judo Tour appearance for Panama by not only winning her country’s first ever IJF medal but also ensured that it was gold and therefore Himno Istmeño would be played for the first time. Read more
34-year old Miryam Roper qualifies for the final in Ekaterinburg
The first day of the Grand Slam in Ekaterinburg delivered quite some surprises but an equal distribution of the final position among a number of strong judo nations. The Russian athletes showing good results, especially in the women’s categories where they seemed to get more grip to take some of the medals this year. Brazil and Japan are the two other outperforming nations so far in the tournament. Read more
Nagase and Wolf earn ticket to World Championships
Rio Olympic bronze medalist Takanori Nagase secured his fourth straight national invitational weight class championship on Sunday and a place in this summer’s world championships in the men’s U81kg division. Read more
- 24 Feb 2017Home heroics steers Stoll to German gold
- 2 Dec 2016Tsukasa Yoshida grabs gold after 11 minute thriller final
- 25 Jun 2016Super talent Momo Tamaoki wins first World Tour gold
- 17 Oct 2015Telma Monteiro captures second victory in Paris
- 23 May 2015Sumiya Dorjsuren breaks through the barriers with 700 points
- 27 Aug 2014Frustrating fourth silver world medal for Telma Monteiro, but still proud to be back
- 27 Aug 2014Nakaya and Udaka offer Japan double delight in Chelyabinsk
- 7 Apr 2014Nae Udaka takes Japanese title, Matsumoto with empty hands
| Result | City | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Chiba | 2020 |
| 5 | Budapest | 2018 |
| 3 | Fukuoka | 2018 |
| 7 | Düsseldorf | 2018 |
| 3 | Tokyo | 2017 |
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Sophie Berger (BEL)
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