European Judo Championships 1999

The 1999 European Judo Championships took place in Bratislava from May 20th to 23rd . It was the first and to date only European Judo Championships in Slovakia. The host country won a silver medal through Semir Pepic .

Ulla Werbrouck had won four light heavyweight titles in a row, after changing the weight classes in 1998, she won the middleweight division for the second time. Gella Vandecaveye won her fourth light middleweight title. They also successfully defended their title from the previous year: Larbi Benboudaoud in the half light weight, Giuseppe Maddaloni in the light weight, Tamerlan Tmenow in the heavy weight and Selim Tataroğlu in the open class as well as Sarah Nichilo in the super light weight and Isabel Fernández in the light weight.

Results

Men

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 60 kg)	Óscar Peñas García	Cédric Taymans	Nestor Chergiani Natik Bagirow
Half light weight (up to 66 kg)	Larbi Benboudaoud	Girolamo Giovinazzo	Hüseyin Özkan Victor Bivol
Lightweight (up to 73 kg)	Giuseppe Maddaloni	Aleksei Budõlin	Vitaly Makarov Georgi Wasagaschwilli
Medium weight (up to 81 kg)	Nuno Delgado	Maarten Arens	Djamel Bouras Graeme Randall
Middle weight (up to 90 kg)	Daan De Cooman	Algimantas Merkevičius	Rasul Salimow Mark Huizinga
Light heavyweight (up to 100 kg)	Stéphane Traineau	Paweł Nastula	Alexander Mikhailin Ariel Zeevi
Heavy weight (over 100 kg)	Tamerlan Tmenow	Semir Pepic	Selim Tataroğlu Indrek Pertelson
Open class	Selim Tataroglu	Ernesto Perez	Dennis van der Geest Alexandru Lungu

Women

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 48 kg)	Sarah Nichilo	Laura Moise-Moricz	Ann Simons Lyubov Bruletowa
Half light weight (up to 52 kg)	Deborah Allan	Paula Saldanha	Raffaella Imbriani Deborah Gravenstijn
Lightweight (up to 57 kg)	Isabel Fernández	Magali Baton	Michaela Vernerová Cinzia Cavazzuti
Medium weight (up to 63 kg)	Gella Vandecaveye	Jenny Gal	Anja von Rekowski Sara Álvarez
Middle weight (up to 70 kg)	Ulla Werbrouck	Ylenia Scapin	Úrsula Martín Yvonne Wansart
Light heavyweight (up to 78 kg)	Celine Lebrun	Svetlana Panteleeva	Heidi Rakels Chloe Cowen
Heavy weight (over 78 kg)	Irina Rodina	Tsvetana Bosilova	Brigitte Olivier Sandra Köppen
Open class	Katja Gerber	Brigitte Olivier	Clementina Papa Françoise Harteveld

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	4th	1	1	6th
2	Belgium	3	2	3	8th
3	Russia	2	1	3	6th
4th	Spain	2	1	2	5
5	Italy	1	3	2	6th
6th	Portugal	1	1	-	2
7th	Germany	1	-	4th	5
8th	Turkey	1	-	2	3
	United Kingdom	1	-	2	3
10	Netherlands	-	1	4th	5
11	Estonia	-	1	1	2
	Romania	-	1	1	2
13	Bulgaria	-	1	-	1
	Lithuania	-	1	-	1
	Poland	-	1	-	1
	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
17th	Georgia	-	-	2	2
18th	Azerbaijan	-	-	1	1
	Israel	-	-	1	1
	Moldova	-	-	1	1
	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1
	Belarus	-	-	1	1
	Total	16	16	32	64

Web links

• Results European Championships 1999 on judoinside.com
• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de