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Judo At The 2012 Summer Olympics
The judo competitions at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 3 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre. Qualification Qualification was based on the world ranking list prepared by the International Judo Federation on 1 May 2012. Medal table Russia topped the medal table with three golds and five in total. Medal summary Men's events Women's events References External links * * * * {{coord, 51.5075, N, 0.0297, E, source:wikidata, display=title Events at the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Olympics Olympics The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competit ... Judo competitions in the United Kingdom ...
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Cho Jun-Ho (judoka)
Cho Jun-ho (, ; born 16 December 1988 in Busan) is a South Korean judoka. He won a bronze medal in the 66 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the .... He currently coaches the Korean National Women's Judo team. In addition to his judo career, Cho has also made numerous appearances on the Korean television sports variety show '' Cool Kiz on the Block'' as a coach. His appearances on the show made news headlines and he became highly searched on Korean search rankings after airings of the show due to his unexpected humour and wit.Archived aGhostarchiveand thWayback Machine Family Cho's family consists of his mother, father, and two brothers, all of whom have made guest appearances on the Korean television sports variety show '' Coo ...
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Tagir Khaibulaev
Tagir Kamaludinovich Khaybulaev (, ) (born 24 July 1984) is a Russian judoka. He currently represents Samara in international and domestic championships. 2012 Olympics In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tagir won his country's 3rd gold medal by defeating the defending champion Tuvshinbayar Naidan of Mongolia to win the men's under-100 kg Olympic judo title. Career Tagir Khaibulaev currently lives in Samara, Russia Samara, formerly known as Kuybyshev (1935–1991), is the largest city and administrative centre of Samara Oblast in Russia. The city is located at the confluence of the Volga and the Samara rivers, with a population of over 1.14 million resident .... He attends the Dinamo Judo Academy. In January 2017 he took a temporary pause in his career, but on 17 December that year he announced its completion. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Khaybulaev, Tagir 1984 births Avar people Living people Russian male judoka People from Kizilyurt Ju ...
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Masashi Nishiyama
is a Japanese judoka who won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He is competing for the Nippon Steel Corporation Judo Club. Biography Nishiyama was born in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture and graduated from the Kokushikan University in Tokyo. In the early 2000s he was competing in the 100 kg category but then moved to the 90 kg division. Competitions Nishiyama was defeated in the selection competitions for the 2012 London Olympics, but nevertheless was selected for the national team.西山将 決勝敗退も初代表入り 篠原監督は金星評価
sponichi.co.jp (2012-05-14) In London, he was defeated in the quarter-finals, and won the bronze medal via



Ilias Iliadis (judoka)
Ilias Iliadis (, born Jarji Zviadauri, ka, ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year. He won a gold medal in the half-middleweight (81 kg) division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at age 17. Illiadis also won a gold medal 6 years later at the 2010 World Judo Championships in Tokyo in the −90 kg category. As Greece's flagbearer, he had the honour of being the first athlete to march into the Bird's Nest Stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as .... Iliadis is a cousin of another Olympic champion, Georgian judoka Zurab Zviadauri, who also won gold at the 2004 Summer Olympic ...
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Asley González
Asley González (born 5 September 1989) is a Cuban-born judoka who has competed for both Cuba and Romania. He won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics and became World Champion in 2013 in the 90 kg category. Since 2021, he has represented Romania in international competitions. Early life and background Asley González was born in Caibarién, a town in Villa Clara Province, Cuba. He began practicing judo at a young age and quickly advanced through the Cuban judo ranks, demonstrating skill and strength in the middleweight division. Judo career Early international career (2008–2011) González made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics, competing in the 90 kg weight category. However, he was eliminated in the early rounds after losing to Yves-Matthieu Dafreville. He won his first Pan American Championships gold medal in Guadalajara 2011. 2012 Olympics and World Championship victory (2012–2013) At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Go ...
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Song Dae-nam
Song Dae-Nam (; ; born 5 April 1979 in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province) is a former South Korean judoka. Song rose to prominence when he won the gold medal in the Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 90 kg, middleweight division at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympics. He was then nominated as the flagbearer for Korea in the closing ceremony. He is best known as the head coach of the South Korea Men's National Team, having produced two world champions in his first year as head coach. Song moved up a weight class from half-middleweight to middleweight in 2012 after constant defeats to teammate Kim Jae-bum and inability to qualify for the Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Olympics in 2008. Personal life Song is an alumnus of Kumoh Elementary School, Kyung-min Middle School and Kyung-min High School. Song served in the Republic of Korea Armed Forces as a sergeant, and represented them at the Military World Games in 2003, winning gold in the lightweight category. A com ...
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Antoine Valois-Fortier
Antoine Valois-Fortier (born 13 March 1990) is a Canadian retired judoka who won the bronze medal in the −81 kg category at the 2012 Olympics, becoming the first Canadian to win a medal in Olympic judo in twelve years and the fifth to win one in Canadian history. Career Valois-Fortier entered the 2012 Olympics ranked 21st in the world in his weight class. He pulled off several upset victories, including a win over Olympic gold medalist Elnur Mammadli, to make the quarterfinals. He lost to Ivan Nifontov of Russia, but made the repechage and defeated Emmanuel Lucenti of Argentina to enter the bronze medal match against Travis Stevens, which he then won. Valois-Fortier's win is Canada's first Olympic medal in Judo since 2000, which was a silver won by his coach Nicolas Gill, and only the fifth won by a Canadian in Olympic history. At the 2016 Olympics he won his first two bouts, but then lost the third bout to the eventual gold medalist Khasan Khalmurzaev and the repech ...
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Ivan Nifontov
Ivan Vitaliyevich Nifontov (; born 5 June 1987, in Pavlodar) is a Russian judoka. He won the bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ... in the category men's –81 kg. He carried the Winter Olympic torch before the Sochi Games. References External links * * * Living people 1987 births Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Russian male judoka Olympic judoka for Russia Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for Russia Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games silver medalists for Russia European Games bronze medalists for Russia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-judo-bio-stub ...
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Ole Bischof
Ole Bischof (born 27 August 1979 in Reutlingen) is a German judoka. He is trained by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wieneke. Biography Bischof began in the TSG Reutlingen with judo. He became German champion at the age of 18 in 1997 in the age-group U21. Four years later, in 2001, he won the title of German champion in the Men's category. Following this, he won medals on more international competitions and became 2005 European champion. Since 2001, Bischof has been competing in the team competitions for the TSV Abensberg. With the TSV Abensberg, he became team champion and 2006 European cup winner from 2002 to 2008. For the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Ole was replaced Florian Wanner. Bischof was the best placed German in the world rankings, with Wanner holding the title of world champion (2003 in Osaka/Japan). During the Olympics, Ole defeated judokas such as Tiago Camilo who was the silver medallist in Sydney 2000 and Roman Gontyuk, the silver medallist of Athens 2 ...
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Kim Jae-bum
Kim Jae-bum (김재범) (; born 25 January 1985, in Gimcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do) is a retired South Korean judoka. Despite being plagued with injuries throughout his career, Kim is known for dominating major competitions at the half-middleweight category (81 kg)—particularly between his Olympic debut in 2008 and his 2012 Olympic finals rematch against Ole Bischof. Kim has had several nicknames, including "Man of One Arm Wins" for his successes through injury, "Korean Tiger" for his aggressive play and iconic status in South Korean judo, and "Energizer Bunny" for his quick and relentless style of judo. He was granted exemption from South Korea/Military, South Korea's Conscription in South Korea, mandatory military service in 2010, following his gold medal victory at the Judo at the 2010 Asian Games, Guangzhou Asian Games. Judo career Kim won a gold medal in the -73 kg class at the 2004 World Junior Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary. At the 2005 Asian Judo Cham ...
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Ugo Legrand
Ugo Legrand (born 22 January 1989, Mont-Saint-Aignan) is a judoka from France. In 2012, he won bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -73 kg class. He won his first match against Tomasz Adamiec, and his second against Hussein Hafiz. After losing his quarterfinal again Dex Elmont Daxenos Richard René "Dex" Elmont (born 10 January 1984 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch retired judoka. His father Ricardo is a former judoka himself, who represented Suriname at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec Montreal is the L ..., he was entered into the repechage. He won his first repechage match against Rasul Boqiev before winning his bronze medal match against Wang Ki-Chun. References External links * * * * Living people 1989 births French male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in judo Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic judoka for France Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Knights of the Ordre national du Méri ...
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