The Mixed Team tournament in
Judo
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at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
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was held on August 21 at the Longjiang Gymnasium.
Athletes of all weight classes were split into groups of 7 or 8 athletes in one of 13 teams. The tournament bracket consisted of a single-elimination contest where the team with the most wins moves to the next round culminating in a gold match. There were no repechages in this event, the two losing semi-finalists received bronze medals.
Team names
The teams are named after renowned
judokas:
* TEAM KANO -
Jigorō Kanō - The founder of judo - First Asian Member of the IOC (1909-1938)
* TEAM GEESINK -
Anton Geesink
Antonius Johannes Geesink (6 April 1934 – 27 August 2010) was a Dutch people, Dutch List of judoka#Highest grades, 10th dan judoka. He was the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championship, a feat he accomplished in 1961 ...
- Olympic Gold Champion Tokyo 1964 - Two-time World Champion, IOC member
* TEAM VAN DE WALLE -
Robert Van de Walle - Olympic Gold Champion Moscow 1980 - Olympic Silver Medallist Seoul 1988
* TEAM DOUILLET -
David Douillet
David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet (; born 17 February 1969) is a French politician and retired judoka.
Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at and weighing , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olym ...
- Olympic Gold Champion Atlanta 1996 / Sydney 2000 - Olympic Bronze Medallist Barcelona 1992 - Four-time World Champion
* TEAM BERGHMANS -
Ingrid Berghmans
Ingrid Berghmans (born 24 August 1961 in Koersel), also known as Ingrid Vallot, is a judoka from Belgium who has eight times been named Belgian Sportsman of the year, Belgian Sportswoman of the Year. A former world title holder, she is also an O ...
- Olympic Gold Medallist Seoul 1988 - Six-time World Champion
* TEAM NEVZOROV -
Vladimir Nevzorov
Vladimir Mikhaylovich Nevzorov (russian: Владимир Михайлович Невзоров, born 5 October 1952 in Maykop) is a Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian judoka who competed for the Soviet Union at the 1976 Summe ...
- RUS - Olympic Gold Medallist Montreal 1976 - One-time World Champion
* TEAM TANI -
Ryoko Tani
is a retired Japanese female judoka and a politician.
Competing in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) class, she won a record seven world titles and five Olympic medals including two golds at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004. After her retirement, ...
- Olympic Gold Champion Sydney 2000 / Athens 2004 - Olympic Silver Medallist Barcelona 1992 / Atlanta 1996 - Olympic Bronze Medallist Beijing 2008 - Seven-times World Champion
* TEAM YAMASHITA -
Yasuhiro Yamashita
is a Japanese judoka. He currently works as an instructor or advisor for numerous organizations, including Tokai University, the International Judo Federation, and thAll Japan Judo Federation He retired from competitive judo on June 17, 1985 af ...
- Olympic Gold Champion Los Angeles 1984 - Four-time World Champion
* TEAM RUSKA -
Willem Ruska - NED - Two-time Olympic Gold Champion Munich 1972
* TEAM XIAN -
Dongmei Xian - Olympic Gold Champion Athens 2004 / Beijing 2008
* TEAM ROUGÉ -
Jean-Luc Rougé
Jean-Luc Rougé (born 30 May 1949, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French judoka. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Fighting in the under 93 kg weight division, Rougé was ...
- World Champion - Secretary General of IJF
* TEAM KERR -
George Kerr - GBR - European Champion - Has 10th Dan IJF
* TEAM CHOCHISHVILI -
Shota Chochishvili
Shota Samsonovich Chochishvili ( ka, შოთა ჩოჩიშვილი, russian: Шота Самсонович Чочишвили; 10 July 1950 – 27 August 2009) was a Georgian professional wrestler and judoka.
Judo career
Between 197 ...
- Olympic Gold Medallist Munich 1972 - Olympic Bronze Medallist Montreal 1976
Team members
Results
References
Official Judo Results Book
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