The Austrian Judo Federation (german: Österreichischer Judoverband - ''ÖJV'') is the national organisation for

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. In 2010, the Austrian Judo Federation played host to the European Championships in Vienna, which were attended by

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* President: Martin Poiger * Vice Presidents:

Sabrina Filzmoser Sabrina Filzmoser (born 12 June 1980 in Wels) is an Austrian retired judoka. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the World Judo Championships and she has also won medals, including two golds, in her event at the European Judo Championships. S ...

, Gerald Eidenberger, Albert Gmeiner, Jochen Haidvogel, Hans Peter Zopf * Athlete Spokesperson: Magdalena Krssakova * Finance Officer: Silvia Ehrengruber * Legal Secretary: Andreas Weinzierl * Technical Director: Thomas Stückler * Deputy: Karin Dorfinger, Veronika Jakl, Horst Felzl, Martin Stump

Austrian judokas

Peter Seisenbacher Peter Seisenbacher (born 25 March 1960) is a judo coach and retired judoka from Austria. Judo career He competed in the middleweight category (−86 kg) at the 1980, 1984 and 1988 Olympics and won two gold medals, in 1984 and 1988. He al ...

, two-time Olympic gold medallist * Michaela Polleres, Olympic silver medallist *

Ludwig Paischer Ludwig Paischer (born 28 November 1981 in Oberndorf bei Salzburg) is an Austrian judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本 ...

, Olympic silver medallist *

Claudia Heill Claudia Heill (24 January 1982 – 31 March 2011) was an Austrian judoka best known for winning the silver medal in the half-middleweight (63 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Biography In addition to her success at the 2004 Summer ...

(1982–2011), Olympic silver medallist *

Shamil Borchashvili Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka. He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child. Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class. ...

, Olympic bronze medallist * Josef Reiter, Olympic bronze medallist

National League

The Austrian Judo Federation organizes the Judo-Bundesliga. This is the national league. It is divided into the Ersten Judo-Bundesliga and the Zweite Judo-Bundesliga for men and the Damen Judo-Bundesliga for women. The league exists since 1948.

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Austrian judokas

National League

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