Louis Jani (born December 6, 1957, in

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) is a

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive

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: 1984 and 1988. He had unfortunately missed the 1980 Moscow Olympics due to Canada's boycott. Louis twice won the gold medal at the

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(1979 and 1983) in the middleweight division (– 86 kg). Competing as a member of Team Canada for 15 years, Louis went on to become the Technical Director for Judo Canada and eventually the National Coach. As National Coach he led the Canadian team at the 2000 Olympic Summer Games in Sydney, Australia, where

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won a silver medal.

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Judo in Canada The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...

List of Canadian judoka 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, a ...

1957 births Canadian male judoka Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic judoka for Canada Martial artists from Montreal Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1979 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian people 20th-century Canadian people {{Footer Pan American Champions Judo Middleweight Men