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In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey. [13] In August 2022, competing in her first major multi-sport event, the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Deguchi won the gold medal, defeating Acelya Toprak of England in the gold medal match of the 57 kg event. [14] [15]
Shady El Nahas, the Egypt-born Canadian heavyweight judoka, likes to be called “Slim.” The 25-year-old El Nahas on Monday won the only judo gold medal for Canada so far at the Pan American Games.
Gold Silver Bronze 1964 Tokyo details: Isao Inokuma Japan: Doug Rogers Canada: Parnaoz Chikviladze Soviet Union: Anzor Kiknadze Soviet Union: 1968 Mexico City: not included in the Olympic program: 1972 Munich details: Wim Ruska Netherlands: Klaus Glahn West Germany: Motoki Nishimura Japan: Givi Onashvili Soviet Union: 1976 Montreal details ...
Margelidon won the bronze medal the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Judo Championships in Havana. [2] In June 2016, he was selected for Canada's Olympic team, [3] but he had to withdraw after he injured his arm. [4] In June 2021, Margelidon was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team. [5]
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, kōdansha (high dan-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, and coaches for those competitions.
Judo is a Japanese martial art and combat sport founded by Jigoro Kano (1860 – 1938) in 1882. It was introduced to Canada by Japanese migrants in the early twentieth century, first in British Columbia and then in the Prairies, Ontario, and Quebec as Japanese Canadians who had been expelled from the Pacific coast during the Second World War resettled in other provinces.
The Abe siblings' dream of winning judo gold medals for Japan on the same day in their second straight Olympics ended early on Sunday with Uta Abe's shocking loss to Diyora Keldiyorova of ...
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