European Women's Judo Championships 1983

The 1983 Women's Judo European Championships took place in Genoa from March 5th to 6th, 1983 .

The team from the host country provided two champions, Italy was more successful than 1981 and 1982, but not as successful as at the last European Championships in Italy in 1980 in Udine . The British Karen Briggs was the only European champion from 1982 who could successfully defend her title.

Results

Weight class	gold	silver	bronze
Super light weight (up to 48 kg)	Karen Briggs	Anna-Maria Valvano	Birgit Friedrich Fabienne Boffin
Half light weight (up to 52 kg)	Loretta Doyle	Pascale Doger	Edith Hrovat Patrizia Montaguti
Lightweight (up to 56 kg)	Gerda Winklbauer	Regina Philips	Liesbeth Beeks Béatrice Rodriguez
Medium weight (up to 61 kg)	Ann Hughes	Gabi Ritschel	Martine Rottier Herta Reiter
Middle weight (up to 66 kg)	Laura Di Toma	Dawn Netherwood	Gertrude Kranzl Alexandra Schreiber
Light heavyweight (up to 72 kg)	Ingrid Berghmans	Véronique Vigneron	Barbara Claßen Karin Posch
Heavy weight (over 72 kg)	Maria Teresa Motta	Nathalie Lupino	Helen Wantling Marjolein van Unen
Open class	Ingrid Berghmans	Maria Teresa Motta	Barbara Claßen Karin Posch

Medal table

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

Web links

• Results of the European Championships 1983 on judoinside.com
• Judo results history on sport-komplett.de