European Women's Judo Championships 1975

The first official European Judo Championships for women took place from December 12th to 13th, 1975 in Munich . Sigrid Happ won the only gold medal for the host country.

classification

European championships for men had existed since 1951, world championships since 1956. From November 30th to December 1st 1974, unofficial European championships for women took place in Genoa. Winner in this test:

• Emilia Davico from Italy in the super lightweight.
• Thérèse Nguyen from Switzerland in half light weight
• Evelyne Salanne from France in the lightweight
• Lynn Tilley from the United Kingdom as a light middleweight
• Laura Di Toma from Italy middleweight
• Monique Thiollet from France in the light heavyweight division
• Christine Child from the United Kingdom in the heavyweight division
• Paulette Fouillet from France in the open class

With Christine Child and Paulette Fouillet, two winners from 1974 also won gold at the first official European championships.

The first world championships for women were held in New York City in 1980 . The first Asian championships with competitions for women in Jakarta in 1981.

Results

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 48 kg)	Edith Hrovat	Teresa Campos	Sylvie Lecocq Ann Löf
Half light weight (up to 52 kg)	Christiane Herzog	Mileva Vasić	Hennie Matteman Gerda Winklbauer
Lightweight (up to 56 kg)	Sigrid Happ	Franka Luzzi	Jutta Reifgraber Maggy Callu
Medium weight (up to 61 kg)	Martine Rottier	Marie-France Mill	Yvonne Wringer Kathy Nicol
Middle weight (up to 66 kg)	Paulette Fouillet	Jocelyne Triadou	Laura Di Toma Cornelia White
Light heavyweight (up to 72 kg)	Catherine Pierre	Rebecca Küttner	Geraldine Harmon Ellen Cobb
Heavy weight (over 72 kg)	Christine Child	Margherita De Cal	Margaret McKenna Christiane Kieburg
Open class	Catherine Pierre	Paulette Fouillet	Christiane Kieburg Laura Di Toma

Medal table

rank	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	France	5	2	1	8th
2	BR Germany	1	1	3	5
3	United Kingdom	1	-	4th	5
4th	Austria	1	-	2	3
5	Italy	-	2	2	4th
6th	Belgium	-	1	1	2
7th	Yugoslavia	-	1	-	1
	Spain	-	1	-	1
9	Netherlands	-	-	2	2
10	Sweden	-	-	1	1
	Total	8th	8th	16	32

Web links

• Results of the European Championships 1975 on judoinside.com
• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de

Footnotes

1. ↑ Results of the 1974 European Test Championships at judoinside.com
2. ↑ Asian Championships 1981 at judoinside.com
3. ↑ European championships in lightweight at sport-komplett.de, at judoinside the 2nd place is missing.