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2025 World Judo Championships
2025 World Judo Championships (OTP Bank World Judo Championships Hungary 2025), IJF senior worlds in Budapest, 13-20 June 2025; 556 judoka from 93 nations; Japan led with 15 medals; Georgia won its first mixed team title.
2026 World Judo Championships
2026 World Judo Championships (Baku 2026), IJF senior worlds held in Baku, Azerbaijan, 4–11 October 2026; 622 judoka from 93 nations, Japan won mixed team gold, first event of LA 2028 qualification.
Aaron Wolf
Aaron Wolf (ウルフ・アロン; Aaron Phillip Wolf, born 1996, Tokyo) is a Japanese judoka, Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medalist at -100 kg and two-time Olympic mixed team silver medalist, judo triple crown winner, retired 2025, now an NJPW wrestler.
Akira Sone
Akira Sone (素根 輝), Japanese judoka born 2000 in Kurume, women's +78 kg. Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion and mixed team silver medallist, double world champion (2019, 2023), 7th at Paris 2024.
Alexandre Iddir
Alexandre Iddir, French judoka (born 1991, Villepinte), FLAM 91 club, -100 kg half-heavyweight. Olympic mixed team gold at Tokyo 2020; =7 at Rio 2016; European bronze 2021; three Grand Prix titles.
Alice Bellandi
Alice Bellandi, Italian judoka born 1998 in Brescia, -78 kg Olympic champion (Paris 2024), world champion (Budapest 2025), and European champion (Tbilisi 2026), known for her seoi-otoshi.
Alina Dumitru
Alina Dumitru (Alina Alexandra Dumitru), Romanian judoka born 1982 in Bucharest, 48 kg division; Olympic gold Beijing 2008, silver London 2012, eight-time European champion, first Olympic champion in Romanian judo.
Almudena Munoz
Almudena Muñoz (Almudena Muñoz Martínez), Spanish judoka born 1968 in Valencia, Olympic gold medalist in women's half-lightweight -52 kg at Barcelona 1992, beating Noriko Mizoguchi; world silver 1993, retired after Atlanta 1996.
Amandine Buchard
Amandine Buchard, French judoka born 1995 in Noisy-le-Sec, –52 kg. Four Olympic medals: mixed-team gold Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, –52 kg silver and bronze. Since 2024 also pursuing rugby sevens for LA 2028.
An Byeong Geun
An Byeong-Geun (안병근, also An Byung-Keun), born 1962, South Korean judoka who won Olympic gold in men's lightweight (−71 kg) at Los Angeles 1984, Asian Games gold in 1986, and placed =20 at Seoul 1988.
An Kum Ae
An Kum Ae (안금애), born 1980 in Pyeongyang, North Korean judoka in women's half-lightweight -52 kg; Olympic gold London 2012 (yuko over Yanet Bermoy, DPRK's first judo gold since 1996) and silver Beijing 2008.
Andreja Leski
Andreja Leški (Slovenian judoka, born 1997, Koper) won Olympic gold at -63 kg at Paris 2024, is a two-time world silver medalist (2021, 2023) and 2023 European champion, and retired in February 2026. Not the same person as alpine skier Andreja Leskovšek.
Angelo Parisi
Angelo Parisi, born 1953 in Arpino, Italy, is a French judoka, also called Le Magnifique, who won four Olympic medals: 1980 heavyweight gold (first French judo Olympic champion), 1980 open and 1984 heavyweight silver, and 1972 open bronze for Britain.
Antal Kovacs
Antal Kovacs (Kovács Antal), born 1972 in Paks, Hungary, is a retired judoka who won half-heavyweight Olympic gold at Barcelona 1992 and the 1993 world title in Hamilton.
Anton Geesink
Anton Geesink (Antonius Johannes Geesink, 1934-2010), Dutch judoka, 1964 Tokyo Olympic open-class champion who beat Akio Kaminaga, first non-Japanese world champion (1961), 21-time European champion, 10th dan, IOC member 1987-2010.
Arsen Galstyan
Arsen Galstyan (Арсен Жораевич Галстян), Russian judoka born 1989 in Armenia; Olympic gold, men's −60 kg, London 2012, Russia's first gold there and first Russian judo gold in 32 years; later head coach of Russia's men's team.
Asmita Dey
Asmita Dey (born 2003, Belonia, Tripura) is an Indian judoka in the women's 48 kg class; she became the first Indian to win Commonwealth Games judo gold, at Glasgow 2026, beating Canada's Heidi Quach in sudden death.
Aurelien Diesse
Aurelien Diesse (Aurélien Diesse), born 1997 in Bondy, France, is a French judoka, -100 kg, Olympic mixed-team gold medalist at Paris 2024, 2018 world team silver medalist, ESBM/AS Bondy club member.
Aurelio Miguel
Aurelio Miguel (Aurélio Fernández Miguel), Brazilian judoka born 1964 in São Paulo; half-heavyweight -95 kg. Olympic gold Seoul 1988, first in Brazilian judo, plus bronze Atlanta 1996; three world medals; IJF Hall of Fame 2013.
Axel Clerget
Axel Clerget, French judoka born 1987 in Saint-Dizier, -90 kg and -100 kg competitor, Tokyo 2020 mixed team Olympic champion, double world bronze medallist, retired January 2026, later CNOSF athletes' commission co-president.
Ayumi Tanimoto
Ayumi Tanimoto (谷本歩実), born 1981 in Anjō, Japan, is a judoka who won Olympic gold in women's -63 kg at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, beating Claudia Heill and Lucie Décosse in the finals.
Barbara Matic
Barbara Matic (Barbara Matić, later Ðinović), Croatian judoka born 1994 in Split, 70 kg. Double world champion 2021 and 2022, first Croatian judo world champion, and Paris 2024 Olympic gold, Croatia's first Olympic judo medal.
Beslan Mudranov
Beslan Mudranov (Беслан Мудранов), born 1986, is a retired Russian judoka who won the 60 kg gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Russia's first medal there.
Cathy Fleury Vachon
Cathy Fleury Vachon (Catherine Fleury), born 1966 in Paris, French judoka, −61 kg. Olympic gold Barcelona 1992, first French female Olympic judo champion; world and European champion 1989; later national coach and IJF referee supervisor.
Cecile Nowak
Cécile Nowak, born 1967 in Valenciennes, French judoka; Olympic champion under 48 kg at Barcelona 1992, world champion 1991, four-time European champion; distinct from Véronique Nowak.
Chizuru Arai
Chizuru Arai (新井 千鶴, born 1993) is a Japanese former judoka, women's 70 kg. Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold at -70 kg and mixed team silver; world champion 2017 and 2018.
Choi Min Ho (athlete)
Choi Min Ho (최민호), born 1980 in Gimcheon, South Korea, is a judoka who won gold in men's extra-lightweight (≤60 kg) at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, bronze at Athens 2004, and the 2003 world title in Osaka.
Christa Deguchi
Christa Deguchi (出口 クリスタ) is a Canadian judoka, born in Japan in 1995, who won Canada's first Olympic judo gold in the 57 kg division at Paris 2024.
Clarisse Agbegnenou
Clarisse Agbegnenou, French judoka in the under 63 kg half-middleweight division, born 1992 in Rennes. Three Olympic golds, one silver, one bronze (2016-2024), six world titles, most decorated French female judoka.
David Douillet
David Douillet, born 1969 in Rouen, French heavyweight judoka, double Olympic champion (Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000), four-time world champion 1993–1997, later French Sports Minister 2011–2012.