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Judo At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed Team
The mixed team competition in judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo was held on 31 July 2021 at the Nippon Budokan. It was the first time a team judo competition was held in the Olympics. Team Japan is the only team to win this event at the World Judo Championships, with team France winning the last 3 silver medals. The medals for the competition were presented by Mr. Yasuhiro Yamashita, IOC Member, Japan, Olympian, one Gold Medal; and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Marius L Vizer, IJF President; Austria. Results Finals Repechage Pool A Pool B Matches First round Germany vs Refugee Olympic Team Mongolia vs South Korea Italy vs Israel Netherlands vs Uzbekistan Quarterfinals Japan vs Germany ROC vs Mongolia France vs Israel Brazil vs Netherlands Repechages Germany vs Mongolia Israel vs Brazil Semifinals Japan vs ROC France vs Netherlands Bronze medal matches Germany vs Netherlands Israel vs ROC Gold medal match Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Nippon Budokan
The , often shortened to simply Budokan, is an indoor arena in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It was originally built for the inaugural Olympic judo competition in the 1964 Summer Olympics. The Budokan was a popular venue for Japanese professional wrestling for a time, and it has hosted numerous other sporting events, such as the 1967 Women's Volleyball World Championship. Most recently, the arena hosted the Olympic debut of karate in the 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as the judo competition at both the 2020 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Paralympics. While its primary purpose is to host martial arts contests, the arena has gained additional fame as one of the world's most outstanding musical performance venues. A number of famous acts have played at the Budokan. The Beatles were the first rock group to play there, in a series of five concerts, each lasting 30 minutes, from June 30 to July 2, 1966. ABBA ended their last tour and held their final live performance there in March 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Chizuru Arai
is a Japanese retired judoka. Arai won the gold medal in judo's 70 kg division, and silver in the mixed team event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career She competed at the 2014 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf, finishing third, and 2015 Judo Grand Prix Düsseldorf. She won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul .... References External links * * 1993 births Living people Japanese female judoka World judo champions Asian Games gold medalists in judo Asian Games silver medalists in judo Judoka at the 2014 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Asian Games judoka for Japan Asian Games silver medalists for Japan Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Oly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Sagi Muki
Sagi Aharon Muki (or Moki; ; born 17 May 1992) is an Israeli Olympic and former world champion half-middleweight judoka. Muki is the 2019 World Judo Championships – Men's 81 kg, 2019 World Champion. He also won the Judo at the 2015 European Games – Men's 73 kg, 2015 and 2018 European Judo Championships, 2018 European Judo Championships, European championships. In the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, 2020 Tokyo Olympics mixed team event, Muki was a member of the Israeli team that won a bronze medal. In August 2011 Muki won the European Cup U20 in Berlin in the under 73 kilogram (161-pound) category. He won gold medals in February 2013 at the European Open in Tbilisi, Georgia, in June 2013 at the European Open Tallinn, and in October 2013 at the European Open Minsk in the under 73 weight class. He won the 2014 Judo Grand Slam Baku, 2014 Baku Grand Slam in Azerbaijan in the under 73 kg category, and the following month he won another IJF World Tour gold meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Gili Sharir
Gili Sharir (; born 22 November 1999) is an Israeli judoka and Olympic bronze medalist, having won a bronze medal in mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Sharir also won a bronze at the mixed team event of the 2022 World Championships. At the European Championships, she won a bronze medal in 2022 and a silver medal in 2023. Sharir represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 63 kg, and in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth. Early life Sharir grew up in moshav Mazor in Israel, where her parents Danit and Danny still reside, and is Jewish. Judo career 2016–20; European junior championships silver medal Sharir won the gold medals at the 2016 European Cup U21 Athens in Greece, and the European Cup Cadets Antalya in Turkey, and a silver medal at the European Cup Cadets Coimbra in Portugal. She also won the silver medal at the 2016 Israeli U21 Championships in Ra'anana. Sharir won the silver medal at the 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Li Kochman
Li Kochman (or Lee, ; born 18 April 1995) is an Israeli judoka. He competes in the under 90 kg weight category, and won a silver medal in the Judo at the 2019 European Games – Men's 90 kg, 2019 European Judo Championships. Judo career 2011–19 Kochman won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Cadet Judo Championships, 2011 European Cadet Championships (U-17). He also won a bronze medal at the 2014 European U23 Judo Championships, 2014 European U23 Championships. Kochman won bronze at the 2015 Judo Grand Prix Budapest, 2015 Budapest Grand Prix (90 kg) and a silver medal at the 2016 Judo Grand Prix Zagreb, 2016 Zagreb Grand Prix. In 2017 Kochman won the gold medal at the European Open in Belgrade. That year he lost in the finals of the European Open in Minsk and the European Open in Bucharest. In 2018 Kochman won a silver medal at the European Open in Sofia. That year he also won a bronze medal at the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Tbilisi, 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix. Kochman won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shira Rishony
Shira Rishony (; born 21 February 1991) is an Israeli Olympic lightweight judoka. She competes at 48 kg (under 106 pounds). She competed for Israel at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the mixed team event, and placed 5th in the women's 48 kg event. She won a bronze medal at the 2022 European Championships. Rishony represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in judo; in the women's 48 kg she came in 17th, and in the mixed team event Team Israel came in ninth. Early and personal life Rishony was born in Holon, Israel, and is Jewish. At the age of five, she was sent by her mother to learn ballet, despite her desire to learn judo. After two years, as she still insisted on learning judo, her mother finally gave in and allowed her to take part in the sport. Her sisters are named Rotem and Maya. Their grandfather is named Muki. She resides in Even Yehuda, Israel, near the Wingate Institute. Rishony speaks Hebrew, English, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Baruch Shmailov
Baruch Shmailov (; born 2 September 1994) is an Israeli Olympic judoka. He competes in the under 66 kg weight category, and won a gold medal in the 2022 World Masters in Jerusalem. Shmailov also won a bronze in the 2017 World Masters, as well as a silvers at the 2018 World Masters and the 2021 World Masters. Shmailov competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place in the men's 66 kg event and winning a bronze medal in the mixed team event. He has reached a high world ranking of third in 2019, 2022, and 2024. Shmailov represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in judo in the men's 66 kg event (where he beat Morocco’s Abderrahmane Boushita in his first match, lost to Tajikistan’s Nurali Emomali in his round of 16 match, and came in 9th), and in the mixed team event in which Team Israel came in ninth. Early life Shmailov grew up in Hadera, Israel, and is Jewish. He was raised by his mother Elza, a solderer in an electronic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Timna Nelson-Levy
Timna Nelson-Levy (; born 7 July 1994) is an Israeli Olympic judoka. She competes in the under 57 kg weight category and represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, mixed team event. In European Judo Championships, European Championships, she won a gold medal in 2022 European Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg, 2022 and bronze in 2016 European Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg, 2016 and 2024 European Judo Championships – Women's 57 kg, 2024. Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 57 kg, women's 57 kg, coming in ninth, and in the Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, mixed team event, at when Team Israel came in ninth. Early life Nelson-Levy was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish. She was named after the Timna Park just outside of Eilat, Israel, which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tohar Butbul
Tohar Butbul (; born 24 January 1994) is an Israeli retired Olympic judoka. He competes in the under 73 kg weight category, where he won silver medals at the 2019 Judo World Masters, 2019 World Masters and the 2021 European Judo Championships – Men's 73 kg, 2021 European Championships, and won bronze medals in the 2017 Judo Grand Slam Paris, 2017 Paris Grand Slam and 2017 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi, 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. As of March 2018 he was ranked #9 in the world in the 73 kg division. He was a member of the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, Israeli team that won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Butbul represented Israel at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's 73 kg, men's 73 kg event in which he came in ninth, and in the Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth. Early life Butbul was born in Kad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Akira Sone
is a Japanese judoka. She won the gold medal in the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +78 kg, Women's +78 kg event at the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics, 2020 Summer Olympics and a silver medal with the Japanese team in the mixed team event at both the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, 2020 and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Mixed team, 2024 Summer Olympics. She is also a two-time World Judo Championships, world champion in her weight category. Sone's favorite techniques are Tai Otoshi and Ouchi Gari. Career Sone started Judo at the age of 7, following her three brothers. In April 2013, she went on to Tanushimaru Junior High School. In August 2015, Sone won the World Judo Championships Cadets and the National Junior High School Championships. In April 2016, she began studying at Nanchiku High School. In March 2017, she won the National High School Championships. She won the Inter-High School Championships in August 2017. In October 2017, Sone wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Aaron Wolf (judoka)
Aaron Phillip Wolf (ウルフ・アロン ''Urufu Aron'', Japanese surname: , born 25 February 1996) is a Japanese judoka who won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest and a gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the son of a Japanese mother, Mikako, and an American father, James, who teaches English at a Japanese university. Wolf became the first athlete of U.S. descent to win the All-Japan Judo Championships with his victory on 29 April 2019. On 15 May 2019 he was promoted to 5th dan. Wolf qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, and won the gold medal in the 100 kg competition at the 2020 Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ... held in Tokyo, Japan. References External links * * * 1996 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Shori Hamada
is a Japanese medal-winning Olympic judoka and army officer. In 2018 She won the gold medal in the 2018 World Judo Championships. In 2021 she won the gold medal in the women's 78 kg event, and silver in the mixed team event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Career Hamada was born in Kagoshima prefecture and started Judo at the age of ten. When she was in Kagoshima Minami High School, she was taught newaza (ground grappling techniques) rigorously by her school judo coach, which made her win the second place in the -78 kg category of the All Japan High School Championships. Also during this period, she repeatedly studied videos of Katsuhiko Kashiwazaki and absorbed his newaza techniques. After the high school she played at Yamanashi Gakuin University, where she started Sambo, a Russian combat sport, alongside Judo to expand her range of newaza skills, and won the gold medal at 2014 World Sambo Championships. After the university she joined the Japan Self-D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
