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The 2017 Judo Grand Prix Cancún was held at the Polifórum Benito Juárez in Cancún, Mexico, from 16 to 18 June 2017. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{2017 in IJF World Tour 2017 IJF World Tour 2017 Judo Grand Prix Judo Judo competitions in Mexico Judo Judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Polifórum Benito Juárez
The Polifórum Benito Juárez a 5,800-seat indoor arena in Cancún, Quintana Roo, was built in just 128 days in 2008. It was built as the home of the Pioneros de Quintana Roo basketball team. The arena was built of reinforced concrete in order to withstand hurricanes that may come through the Yucatán Peninsula. It can also serve a shelter in case of a natural disaster. In addition to serving as home of the Pioneros and as a shelter for natural disasters, the Polifórum is also used for concerts, other sporting events, and other special events. It is also unusual in that its center-hung scoreboard does not include video screens, a must for most new arenas in the 21st century. There are 2,200 permanent seats. The arena cost 98 million pesos to build. The arena can seat up to 6,000 for concerts. The arena's lighting equipment was installed especially for large-scale TV transmission. Additionally, the Poliforum has all of the comforts of a gymnasium and, among its qualities ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alonso Wong
Alonso Wong (born 10 June 1993) is a Peruvian judoka. He won the silver medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. Career He won the silver medal in the men's 66 kg event at the 2014 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In the following years, he competed in the 73 kg weight class. He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 event at this competition, both in 2016 and in 2018. In 2020, he repeated this for the third time by winning one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2021, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the World Judo Championships The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year (except the years when the Olympics take place) by the International Judo ... held in Budapest, Hunga ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Moura
David Moura Pereira da Silva (born 24 August 1987) is a Brazilian judoka. He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest. In 2020, he won one of the bronze medals in the men's +100 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2021, he competed in the men's +100 kg event at the 2021 Judo World Masters The 2021 Judo World Masters was held in Doha, Qatar, from 11 to 13 January 2021. Medal summary Medal table Source Men's events Source Women's events Source Prize money The sums written are per medalist, and with the two additional best ... held in Doha, Qatar. He is the nephew of fellow judo champion Luiz Virgilio Castro de Moura. References External links * 1987 births Living people Brazilian male judoka Pan American Games medalists in judo Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2019 Pan American Games Universiade bron ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Philip Awiti-Alcaraz
Philip Awiti-Alcaraz (born 13 August 1993) is a British judoka. Early life Awiti-Alcaraz was born in Enfield, Greater London to a Kenyan father and a Mexican mother. His sister Prisca, brothers Joshua, Samy and Micheal, and cousins all joined Enfield Judo Club. On a scholarship, Awiti-Alcaraz pursued a Bachelor of Science in Sports Coaching Practice at the University of Wolverhampton. Judo career Awiti-Alcaraz became champion of Great Britain, winning the half-heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2015. He won the bronze medal at the 2017 Judo Grand Prix Cancún The 2017 Judo Grand Prix Cancún was held at the Polifórum Benito Juárez in Cancún, Mexico, from 16 to 18 June 2017. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{2017 in IJF W ... in the -100 kg category. References External links * 1993 births Living people Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton British male ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Andy Granda
Andy Granda (born 4 February 1992) is a Cuban judoka. He won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru. In 2014, Granda won the gold medal in the men's team event at the Central American and Caribbean Games held in Veracruz, Mexico. Four years later, in 2018, he won the gold medal in both the men's +100 kg event and the men's team event at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Barranquilla, Colombia. In 2020, Granda won one of the bronze medals in the men's +100 kg event at the Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. In the same year, he won the gold medal in the men's +100 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Judo Championships held in Guadalajara, Mexico. In 2021, Granda competed in the men's +100 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. He also competed in the men's +100 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Granda represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Benjamin Fletcher (judoka)
Benjamin Karl Fletcher (born 13 March 1992) is a former British and now Irish judoka. Judo career As a junior, Fletcher won bronze at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Cape Town. He is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2013, 2014 and 2016. In 2016, he was selected by Great Britain to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the Men's -100 kg event, where he was defeated in his second round match. In 2017, he changed his nationality to that of Ireland, after which he won the title at the 2017 ''Hong Kong Asian Open''. He started 2018 by winning gold at the Tunis Grand Prix, becoming the first Judoka representing Ireland to ever win an IJF World Judo Tour event. He followed it up with more success that year taking silver at a prestigious Grand Slam event in Dussëldorf and bronze at the Antalya Grand Prix. Personal life His sister Megan Fletcher Megan Fletcher (born 2 August 1989) ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Peter Paltchik
Peter Paltchik ( he, פיטר פלצ'יק, ukr, Петер Пальтчик; born 4 January 1992) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka, competing in the under 100 kg weight category, of which he is the current number 1 ranked Judoka in the world. In September 2019 he won the Israeli championship in the 100+ Kg category. Paltchik won the gold medal at the 2020 European Judo Championships in Prague on November 21, 2020, beating Russian judoka Arman Adamian in the final, Adding to his bronze medal from the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv. Paltchik also won a bronze medal in the mixed team judo competition in the 2021 Olympics. Early and personal life Paltchik was born in 1992 in Yalta, Crimea (Ukraine). As a 9 month old baby, he immigrated to Israel with his mother Larisa and resided in the city of Rishon LeZion, Israel. About a year later, his maternal grandparents immigrated to Israel as well. By the time he was seven years old, Paltchik's mother had lived in t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Iván Felipe Silva Morales
Iván Felipe Silva Morales (born 8 February 1996) is a Cuban judoka who competes in the 81 and 90 kg division. He won a silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and bronze medals at the 2014 and 2016 Pan American championships. He was eliminated in the second round at the 2016 Olympics. He represented Cuba at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... He won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. References External links * * * * 1996 births Living people Cuban male judoka Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Cuba Pan American Games medalists in judo Pan American Games silver medalists for Cuba Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games Judoka at t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nemanja Majdov
Nemanja Majdov (; born 10 August 1996) is a Serbian judoka. He was born in Istočno Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is coached by his father Ljubiša and his older brother Stefan, who is also a judoka. He won a gold medal at the 2017 World Judo Championships in Budapest. At the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ..., he won his first senior European medal, a silver at the -90 kg category. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. Majdov will appear on the Together We Can Do Everything ballot list for the 2022 general election, as an independent candidate. Honours * Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2014 References External lin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tural Safguliyev
Tural Safguliyev (born 14 January 1991) is an Azerbaijani judoka. He is the bronze medallist of the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Antalya The 2018 Judo Grand Prix Antalya was held at the Antalya Sports Hall in Antalya, Turkey, from 6 to 8 April 2018. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Source Results Medal table References External links * {{Authority control ... in the -90 kg category. References External links * 1991 births Living people Azerbaijani male judoka 21st-century Azerbaijani people {{Azerbaijan-judo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nikoloz Sherazadishvili
Nikoloz Sherazadishvili ( ka, ნიკოლოზ შერაზადიშვილი; born 19 February 1996) is a Georgian-born, Spanish judoka. Early life Sherazadishvili began training in the sports of Judo and Water Polo at the age of 10, and immigrated to Madrid, Spain with his parents at the age of 14, he then decided to focus on Judo, where he would enter a club ran by former-Olympian, Joaquín "Quino" Ruiz, in Brunete, just outside Madrid. Sherazadishvili was granted Spanish citizenship in 2014, so he could begin competing under the Spanish flag. Judo career 2018 In April 2018, Sherazadishvili competed at the 2018 European Judo Championships in Tel Aviv, Israel, where he would successfully win a bronze medal. He lost to Mikhail Igolnikov in the quarter-final match by ippon in 18 seconds; however, he then rebounded against Belarus' judoka, Yahor Varapayeu to give Sherazadishvili his first ever senior continental medal. 2018 World Judo Championships On 24 Septe ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Victor Penalber
Victor Rodrigues Penalber de Oliveira (born 22 May 1990) is a Brazilian judoka. Career Penalber started to practice judo at the age of four. He studied and trained at Universidade Gama Filho, and today trains at the Instituto Reação, created by the ex-judoka Flávio Canto. He is left handed and his preferred technique is seoi-nage. His first success was the gold medal at the 2008 Pan American Judo Championships at the 73 kg class; he won again in 2013 in the 81 kg class. At the 2008 World Judo Teams Championship in Tokyo he tested positive for furosemide and was suspended for two years. Penalber competed at the 2013 World Judo Championships held in his home town, and lost his third bout to the eventual gold medalist Loïc Pietri. He won bronze medals at the 2015 World Judo Championships and 2015 Pan American Games. Penalber competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the third round by Sergiu Toma Sergiu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |