List of judoka
In this list of judoka can judoka be added that the general criteria of relevance Wikipedia fulfill. This also includes judoka, whose relevance does not stem solely from their athletic performance. Please enter these persons in the second part of the list. In this list, only the most important titles are included to make things easier.
Successful judo athlete
A.
- Ichiro Abe , Japan, famous judo teacher (10th Dan) of the Kodokan
- Neil Adams , Great Britain, two-time Olympic silver medalist
- Peter Adelaar , Netherlands, European Champion
- Daniel Allerstorfer , Austria, U20 European champion, 14-time national champion
- Sergei Aschwanden , Switzerland, European champion, bronze medal Olympic Games, vice world champion
B.
- Helmut Bark . Germany (GDR), four-time GDR champion, judo functionary
- Paul Barth , Germany (FRG), bronze medal Olympic Games
- Michael Bazynski , Germany (FRG), Vice European Champion
- Katrin Beinroth , Germany, European Champion
- Ingrid Berghmans , Belgium, multiple world and European champion
- Darja Bilodid , Ukraine, youngest judo world champion of all time
- Hennadij Bilodid , Ukraine, two-time European champion
- Ole Bischof , Germany, European Champion, Olympic Champion
- Annett Böhm , Germany, bronze medal Olympic Games, third in the world championship
- Yvonne Bönisch , Germany, Olympic champion, vice world champion, multiple world cup winner
- Edith Bosch , Netherlands, world champion, silver medal Olympic Games
- Djamel Bouras , France, Olympic champion, double vice world champion
- Torsten Bréchôt , b. Torsten Oehmigen , Germany (GDR), bronze medal Olympic Games
C.
- Fabien Canu , France, double world champion, multiple European champion
- Bruno Carabetta , France, multiple European champion
- Nestor Chergiani , Georgia, Olympic runner-up, vice world champion
- Choi Min-ho , South Korea, Olympic champion, world champion
- Allen Coage , USA, Olympic Games bronze medal, two-time Pan American Games winner, Pan American Champion
- Henri Courtine , France, third in the world championship, four times European champion
D.
- Burkhardt Daßler , Germany (GDR, FRG), three-time GDR champion, multiple world and European champion (veterans)
- Brigitte Deydier , France, multiple world and European champion
- Engelbert Dörbandt Germany (FRG), seven-time German champion
- David Douillet , France, multiple Olympic and world champion
E.
- Gerd Egger , Germany, 9th Dan, European team champion, coach, official
- Frauke Eickhoff , Germany, world champion
- Sumio Endo , Japan, two-time world champion, Olympic knight
F.
- Moshé Feldenkrais , first European to be awarded the black belt by the Kōdōkan
- Sabrina Filzmoser , Austria, two-time European champion, 3rd place in the world championship
- Catherine Fleury-Vachon , France, Olympic and world champion
- Keiko Fukuda , USA, first woman to reach 10th Dan
- Shozo Fujii , Japan, four-time world champion
G
- Bianca Geerdts , Germany, winner of the pre-Olympic tournament 2004 and multiple German champion
- Anton Geesink , Netherlands, Olympic and multiple world champion
- Klaus Glahn , Germany (BRD), silver medal Olympic Games, multiple European champion
- Anna-Maria Gradante , Germany, Olympic third, two times vice European champion
- Alexander von der Groeben , Germany (FRG), multiple European Champion and European Cup winner
- Daniel Gürschner , Germany, European Champion
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- Eric Hänni , Switzerland, four-time Swiss champion, silver medal Olympic Games
- Johanna Hagn , Germany, world champion, bronze medal Olympic Games
- Norbert Haimberger , Austria, European Champion
- Han Ho-san , South Korea, Germany, former national coach, 9th Dan
- Raimund Hargesheimer , Germany, military world champion, German champion
- Anna von Harnier , Germany, 3rd place world championship
- Roswitha Hartl , Austria, 3rd place world championship, multiple vice European champion
- Claudia Heill , Austria, silver medal Olympic Games
- Harald Heinke , Germany (GDR), bronze medal Olympic Games, 3rd place world championship, two-time European champion
- Henry Hempel , Germany (GDR, FRG), former DJV head coach, 9th Dan
- Rudolf Hendel , Germany (GDR), two-time European champion
- Klaus Hennig , Germany (GDR), European champion, four-time third at European championships
- Nobutoshi Hikage , Japan, double world champion, two-time Asian champion
- Peter Herrmann , Germany, vice world champion, multiple European champion
- Wolfgang Hofmann , Germany (FRG), silver medal Olympic Games, vice world champion, multiple European champion
- Dietmar Hötger , Germany (GDR), Vice World Champion, European Champion, Olympic Knight
- Helmut Howiller , Germany (GDR), 3rd place world championship, European champion, multiple GDR champion
- Walentyn Hrekow , Ukraine, three-time European champion
- Edith Hrovat , Austria, multiple European and world champion
- Marc Huizinga , Netherlands, Olympic Champion
I.
- Ilias Iliadis , Greece, Olympic gold medalist, Olympic Games bronze medal, three-time world champion, two-time runner-up world champion, two-time European champion
- Isao Inokuma , Japan, Olympic champion, world champion
- Kōsei Inoue , Japan, Olympic champion, three-time world champion
J
- Brian Jacks , Great Britain, Olympic Games bronze medal
- Peter Jupke , Germany (FRG), vice world champion
- Michael Jurack , Germany, bronze medal Olympic Games
K
- Kanō Jigorō , Japan, judo professor and founder of judo
- Takao Kawaguchi , Japan, world champion and Olympic champion
- Mikinosuke Kawaishi , Japan and France, judo professor and pioneer of judo in France
- George Kerr , Scotland, European Champion, 10th Dan bearer
- Ansor Kiknadze , USSR, multiple European champion, bronze medal Olympic Games and World Championships
- Toshihiko Koga , Japan, Olympic champion, multiple world champion
- Gunji Koizumi , Japan and Great Britain, judo professor and pioneer of judo in the United Kingdom, founder of the European Judo Union
- Detlef Knorrek , Germany, five-time German champion
- Nils Kopke , Germany, German junior champion, multiple medalist at international tournaments
- Sandra Köppen , Germany, European judo champion, multiple world champion sumo
- Robert Köstenberger , Austria, European Champion, Junior World Champion
- Astrid Krombach , Germany, multiple senior world champion
- Lukáš Krpálek , Czech Republic, Olympic champion, world champion
- Günter Krüger , Germany (GDR), two-time European champion, three times 3rd place at European championships
- Rafal Kubacki , Poland, double world champion, European champion
- Uta Kühnen , Germany, multiple third place in the European Championship, multiple German champion
- Vitaly Kuznetsov , USSR, Olympic second, two-time vice world champion
L.
- Yurisel Laborde , Cuba, Olympic Games bronze medal, double world champion
- Christophe Lambert , Germany, 3rd place European Championships
- Daniel Lascau , Germany, world champion, 3rd place European championships
- Celine Lebrun , France, Olympic Games silver medal, world champion
- Karl-Heinz Lehmann , Germany (GDR), bronze medal Olympic Games, 3rd place world championships, European champion
- Axel Lobenstein , Germany (GDR / FRG), European champion, third in the world championship
- Sven Loll , Germany (GDR), Olympic Games silver medal
- Bernd Look , Germany (GDR), 3rd place world championships, 3rd place European championships
- Dietmar Lorenz , Germany (GDR), Olympic champion, 3rd place world championships, multiple European champion
- Anis Lounifi , Tunisia, first African judo world champion
- Dieter Lösgen , Germany, judo and jiu-jitsu teacher; President of the German Jiu Jitsu Federation and the Corporation of International Danträger
M.
- Claudia Malzahn , Germany, 3rd place world championship, 2nd and 3rd place European championship
- Fred Marhenke , Germany (FRG), 5th Olympic Games, 3rd European Championship
- Felice Mariani , Italy, Olympic Games bronze medal, three-time European champion
- Kimura Masahiko , Japan, won the All-Japanese Championships three times in a row
- Julia Matijass , Germany, bronze medal Olympic Games, 3rd European Championship
- Marc Meiling , Germany, Olympic Games silver medal, two-time World Cup winner
- Alexander Michailin , Russia, three-time world champion, six-time European champion
- Yoshiharu Minami , Japan, two-time world champion
- Hiroshi Minatoya , Japan, two-time world champion
- Mochizuki Minoru , Japan, 8th Dan, founder of Yoseikan Budo
- Arash Mir-Esmaili , Iran, multiple world champion
- Frank Möller , Germany, vice world champion, European champion, bronze medal Olympic Games
- Telma Monteiro , Portugal, two-time European champion, multiple world cup winner, runner-up world champion
- Frank Moreno , Cuba, two-time vice world champion, two-time winner of the Pan American Games
- Jean-Jacques Mounier , France, Olympic Knight, two-time European Champion
- Marie Muller , Luxembourg, Olympic participant
- Hans Müller-Deck , Germany (GDR, FRG), 9th Dan, author of specialist literature, sports official
N
- Paweł Nastula , Poland, Olympic champion, two-time world champion
- Günther Neureuther , Germany (FRG), silver medal Olympic Games, 3rd World Championship
- Hans-Gert Niederstein , Germany, judo and jiu-jitsu teacher; President of the German Jiu Jitsu Federation and the Corporation of International Danträger
- Herbert Niemann , Germany (GDR), four-time European champion, GDR champion
- Kazuhiro Ninomiya , Japan, Olympic champion, world champion
- Karl Nitz , Germany (GDR), European champion, multiple GDR champion
- Tadahiro Nomura , Japan, three-time Olympic champion
- Sergei Novikow , USSR, Olympic champion, three-time European champion
O
- Naoya Ogawa , Japan, four-time world champion, silver medal Olympic Games
- Isao Okano , Japan, Olympic champion, world champion
- Shōhei Ōno , Japan, Olympic champion, world champion
- Hüseyin Özkan , Turkey, Olympic champion
P
- Ludwig Paischer , Austria, military world champion, two-time European champion, silver medal Olympic Games
- Bernard Pariset , France, third in the world championship, three-time European champion
- Angelo Parisi , France, Olympic Champion
- Janusz Pawłowski , Poland, silver and bronze medal Olympic Games
- Jana Perlberg , Germany, European Champion
- Dimitri Peters , Germany, bronze medal Olympic Games
- Andreas Preschel , Germany (GDR), world champion and third place in the European Championship
Q
- Udo Quellmalz , Germany, Olympic champion, double world champion
R.
- Josef Reiter , Austria, bronze medal Olympic Games, 5th place world championships
- Patrick Reiter , Austria, European Champion, 3rd place World Championships
- Torsten Reissmann , Germany (GDR), four-time European champion, 3rd place World Championships, 5th place Olympic Games
- Alfred Rhode , Germany (FRG), "father" of judo in Germany
- Teddy Riner , France, two-time Olympic champion, nine-time world champion, five-time European champion
- Héctor Rodriguez , Cuba, Olympic champion
- Jürg Röthlisberger , Switzerland, Olympic champion
- Jean-Luc Rougé , France, first French world champion, four-time European champion
- Willem Ruska , Netherlands, double Olympic champion, two-time world champion
S.
- Hitoshi Saitō , Japan, two-time Olympic champion
- Fumio Sasahara , Japan, double world champion
- Matthias Schießleder , Germany, European Champion
- Martin Schmidt , Germany, European Champion
- Alexandra Schreiber , Germany, world champion, two-time European champion
- Peter Seisenbacher , Austria, double Olympic champion, world champion
- Shinobu Sekine , Japan, Olympic Champion
- Shinichi Shinohara , Japan, double world champion
- Masatoshi Shinomaki , Japan, double world champion
- Edith Simon , Austria, world champion, double European champion
- Lothar Skorning , Germany (GDR), President of the German Judo Association , multiple GDR champion, sports scientist
- Jan Snijders , Netherlands, European Champion
- Peter Snijders , Netherlands, two-time European champion
- Nikolai Soloduchin , USSR, Olympic champion, double world champion
- Kōji Sone , Japan, world champion
- Petra Sonntag , Germany (GDR), eleven-time GDR champion
- Isamu Sonoda , Japan, world champion and Olympic champion
- Marko Spittka , Germany, Olympic Knight, European and Vice World Champion, multiple German champion
- David Starbrook , Great Britain, twice Olympic Knight
- Gerhard Steidele , Germany, double senior world champion, multiple German champion
- Henry Stöhr , Germany (GDR, BRD), multiple European champion, one 2nd and two 3rd places at world championships, second in the Olympics, 13 times GDR champion, multiple German champion
- Steffen Stranz , Germany, 3rd place world championship, seven-time German champion in a row
- Hitoshi Sugai , Japan, two-time world champion
- Sergei Suslin , USSR, three times 3rd place in the world championship, two-time European champion
- Keiji Suzuki , Japan, Olympic champion, double world champion
- Mike Swain , USA, world champion, Olympic knight
T
- Haruka Tachimoto , Japan, Olympic champion
- Naohisa Takato , Japan, Olympic knight, three-time world champion
- Ryōko Tani , Japan, two-time Olympic champion, seven-time world champion
- Selim Tataroğlu , Turkey, two times vice world champion, four times European champion
- Chasret Tlezeri , USSR, world champion, four-time European champion
- Tamerlan Tmenow , Russia, Olympic runner-up and third, multiple European champion
- Andreas Tölzer , Germany, European Champion
- Richard Trautmann , Germany, two Olympic knights, third world championships
- Shota Chochishvili , USSR, Olympic champion
U
- Masato Uchishiba , Japan, Olympic Champion, Vice World Champion, Winner Universiade
- Haruki Uemura , Japan, world champion and Olympic champion
- Detlef Ultsch , Germany (GDR, BRD), bronze medal Olympic Games, double world champion, national coach of the DJB
W.
- Robert Van de Walle , Belgium, Olympic champion, two-time vice world champion
- Florian Wanner , Germany, Olympian, world champion
- Bashir Varajew , USSR, Olympic knight, four-time European champion
- Ulla Werbrouck , Belgium, Olympic champion, seven-time European champion, politician
- Alexander Wieczerzak , Germany, world champion
- Frank Wieneke , Germany, Olympic Champion
- Gerda Winklbauer , Austria, world champion, four-time European champion
- Horst Wolf , Germany (GDR), President of the German Judo Association , judo trainer, sports scientist
- Heide Wollert , Germany, European champion, third in world and European championships
X
- Zhuang Xiaoyan , China, Olympic champion, world champion
Y
- Yasuhiro Yamashita , Japan, Olympic champion, four-time world champion
- Hidehiko Yoshida , Japan, Olympic champion, world champion
Z
- Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt , Germany (GDR), 3rd place World Championship, 2nd place European Championship
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