The Austrian Judo Federation ( - ''ÖJV'') is the national organisation for

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. The president is POIGER Martin. The Austrian Judo Federation is affiliated with the

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History

In 2010, the Austrian Judo Federation played host to the

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in Vienna, which were attended by

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Board

* President: Martin Poiger * Vice Presidents:

Sabrina Filzmoser Sabrina Filzmoser (born 12 June 1980 in Wels) is an Austrian retired judoka. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Judo Championships and she has also won medals, including two golds, in her event at the European Judo Championships. She ...

, Gerald Eidenberger, Albert Gmeiner, Jochen Haidvogel, Hans Peter Zopf * Athlete Spokesperson:

Magdalena Krssakova Magdalena Krssakova (born 3 March 1994) is an Austrian judoka. She won the silver medal in the women's 63 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. Judo career Krssakova attended the Ella Lingens Gymnas ...

* Finance Officer: Silvia Ehrengruber * Legal Secretary: Andreas Weinzierl * Technical Director: Thomas Stückler * Deputy: Karin Dorfinger, Veronika Jakl, Horst Felzl, Martin Stump

Austrian judokas

* Peter Seisenbacher, two-time Olympic gold medallist *

Michaela Polleres Michaela Polleres (born 15 July 1997) is an Austrian judoka. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Polleres is also ...

, Olympic silver and bronze medallist *

Ludwig Paischer Ludwig Paischer (born 28 November 1981 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg) is an Austrian judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling compe ...

, Olympic silver medallist * Claudia Heill (1982–2011), Olympic silver medallist *

Shamil Borchashvili Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka. He is a first degree black belt. Career He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child. Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Ju ...

, Olympic bronze medallist * Josef Reiter, Olympic bronze medallist *

Walter Hanl Walter Hanl (born 3 April 1964) is an Austrian Paralympic judoka. He represented Austria at the 1996 Summer Paralympics held in Atlanta, United States and at the 2000 Summer Paralympics held in Sydney, Australia. He won two medals: the gold med ...

, two-time Paralympic gold medallist

National League

The Austrian Judo Federation organizes the Judo-Bundesliga. This is the national league. It is divided into the Erste Judo Bundesliga and the Zweite Judo Bundesliga for men and the Frauen Judo Bundesliga for women. The league exists since 1948.

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