The 2009
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 ...
was held in the
Ahoy indoor sporting arena in
Rotterdam
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on 26 to 30 August.
Women's heavyweight champion
Tong Wen
Tong Wen (; born 1 February 1983 in Tianjin) is a PR China, Chinese judoka. Born in Tianjin, she began training in Judo when she was 13.
In the 2008 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal. She also won gold medals at the world championships of ...
was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reinstated.
Categories
*Men's: 60 kg, 66 kg, 73 kg, 81 kg, 90 kg, 100 kg, +100 kg
*Women's: 48 kg, 52 kg, 57 kg, 63 kg, 70 kg, 78 kg, +78 kg
Schedule
*Wednesday the 26th of August
**Men -60 kg and -66 kg
**Women -48 kg
*Thursday the 27th of August
**Men -73 kg
**Women -52 kg and -57 kg
*Friday the 28th of August
**Men -81 kg
**Women -63 kg
*Saturday the 29th of August
**Men -90 kg
**Women -70 kg and -78 kg
*Sunday the 30th of August
**Men -100 kg and +100 kg
**Women +78 kg
Medal overview
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
See also
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Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judo competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing were held from August 9 to August 15 at the Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium.
This was the fifth Olympics for Driulys González (Cuba), Mária Pekli (Australia), Ry ...
References
External links
Official websiteVideo footage
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World Judo Championships
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...