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The 1995 World Judo Championships were the 19th edition of the World Judo Championships

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 by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

, and were held in Chiba

Chiba, Chiba

is the capital city of Chiba Prefecture, Japan. It is located approximately 40 km east of the center of Tokyo on Tokyo Bay. Chiba City became a government designated city in 1992. Its population as of 2008 is approximately 960,000....

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

in 1995.

Men

Extra-lightweight (60 kg)

Half-lightweight (65 kg)

Lightweight (71 kg)

Half-middleweight (78 kg)

Middleweight (86 kg)

Half-heavyweight (95 kg)

Heavyweight (+95 kg)

Openweight

Women

Extra-lightweight (48 kg)

Half-lightweight (52 kg)

Lightweight (56 kg)

Half-middleweight (61 kg)

Middleweight (66 kg)

Half-heavyweight (72 kg)

Heavyweight (+72 kg)

Openweight

Medals table

1	Japan	3	2	5	10
2	South Korea	3	2	3	8
3	France	3	0	3	6
4	Cuba	2	1	4	7
5	Netherlands	2	1	0	3
6	Russia	1	2	1	4
7	Germany	1	1	0	2
8	Poland	1	0	2	3
9	People's Republic of China	0	3	0	3
10	Belgium	0	1	1	2
10	Georgia (country)	0	1	1	2
12	Argentina	0	1	0	1
12	Israel	0	1	0	1
14	Turkey	0	0	2	2
14	United States	0	0	2	2
16	Austria	0	0	1	1
	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	United Kingdom	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	2
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

60 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Nikolai Ojeguine	Russia
2.	Giorgi Vazagashvili Giorgi Vazagashvili Giorgi Vazagashvili is a Georgian judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's Half Lightweight category, together with Girolamo Giovinazzo of Italy....	Georgia (country)
3.	Ryuji Sonoda Ryuji Sonoda is a Japanese judoka.He was born in Ōmuta, Fukuoka, and began judo at the age of a first grader.He won a gold medal at the -60 kg category of the Junior World Championships in 1992 and World Championships in 1993...	Japan
3.	Natik Bagirov Natik Bagirov -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Belarus
5.	Nazim Gousseinov	Azerbaijan
5.	Richard Trautmann Richard Trautmann Richard Trautmann is a German judoka. He won two Olympic bronze medals in the extra-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996.-References:* *...	Germany
7.	Guy Fogel	Israel
7.	Kim Jong-Won	South Korea

65 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Udo Quellmalz Udo Quellmalz Udo Quellmalz is a German judoka, who's nicknamed Quelle.He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight division, in 1992 and 1996....	Germany
2.	Yukimasa Nakamura Yukimasa Nakamura is a Japanese judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. His older brother, Yoshio Nakamura and younger brother, Kenzo Nakamura are also former world champion....	Japan
3.	Bektaş Demirel Bektas Demirel Bektaş Demirel is a Turkish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Turkey
3.	Kim Dae-Ik	South Korea
5.	József Csák József Csák József Csák is a Hungarian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Hungary
5.	Francesco Giorgi	Italy
7.	Henrique Guimarães Henrique Guimarães Henrique Carlos Serra Azul Guimarães is a male judoka from Brazil. He won the bronze medal in the men's half lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He repeated the feat at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.-References:...	Brazil
7.	Ivan Netov	Bulgaria

71 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Daisuke Hideshima Daisuke Hideshima is a Japanese judoka.He began judo at the age of 6.He won the gold medal in the Lightweight division at the 1995 World Judo Championships.-External links:*...	Japan
2.	Kwak Dae-Sung Kwak Dae-Sung Kwak Dae-Sung is a retired South Korean judoka who is a two-time Asian champion .He won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and also won silver at the 1995 World Judo Championships....	South Korea
3.	Diego Brambilla	Italy
3.	Jimmy Pedro Jimmy Pedro James A. Pedro is one of the most successful American judo competitors ever, having even won two bronze medals in the Olympics.Pedro was the World Champion at 73 kg in 1998...	United States
5.	Sebastien Dias	Brazil
5.	Danny Kingston Danny Kingston Danny Kingston is a British judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	United Kingdom
7.	Andrei Shturbabin	Uzbekistan
7.	Thomas Schleicher Thomas Schleicher -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com* Newspaper about his death* trailer...	Austria

78 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Toshihiko Koga Toshihiko Koga is a retired judoka who competed in the -71 kg and -78 kg divisions.-Biography:Koga was born in Kitashigeyasu, Saga, Japan, and began judo in elementary school. He traveled to Tokyo during junior-high school to enter Kodogakusha, a judo school later attended by Olympic gold medalists...	Japan
2.	Shay-Oren Smadja	Israel
3.	Djamel Bouras Djamel Bouras Djamel Bouras is a French judoka of Algerian origin.He won a gold medal in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.- Video :* -References:...	France
3.	Patick Reiter	Austria
5.	Flavio Canto	Brazil
5.	Dragomir Radulović
7.	Soso Liparteliani Soso Liparteliani Soso Liparteliani is an Georgian judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's Half Middleweight category, together with Cho In-Chul.He is silver medalist european championat in Athens 1993...	Georgia (country)
7.	Alexandru Ciupe	Canada

86 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Jeon Ki-Young Jeon Ki-Young Jeon Ki-young is a retired judoka who competed in the -78 kg and -86 kg divisions....	South Korea
2.	Hidehiko Yoshida Hidehiko Yoshida is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a long time veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships, competing in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, also managing to fight in the semi-finals in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix...	Japan
3.	Nicolas Gill Nicolas Gill Nicolas Gill is a judoka from Canada, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career. He first did so at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the bronze medal in the middleweight division...	Canada
3.	Oleg Maltsev Oleg Maltsev Oleg Vitalyevich Maltsev is a Russian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Russia
5.	Ruslan Mashurenko Ruslan Mashurenko Ruslan Mashurenko is a Ukrainian judoka.He won a bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Ukraine
5.	Frédéric Demontfaucon Frédéric Demontfaucon Frédéric Demontfaucon is a judoka from France.-Achievements:- Video :* -References:* on JudoInside.com*...	France
7.	Adrian Croitoru Adrian Croitoru Adrian Croitoru is a Romanian judoka.-Achievements:-References:...	Romania
7.	Algimantas Merkevičius Algimantas Merkevicius Algimantas Merkevičius is a Lithuanian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Lithuania

95 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Paweł Nastula	Poland
2.	Dmitri Sergeyev	Russia
3.	Stéphane Traineau Stéphane Traineau Stéphane Traineau is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	France
3.	Shigeru Okaizumi Shigeru Okaizumi is a retired Japanese judoka.Okaizumi is from Kamikawa, Saitama. He began judo with his older brother at the dojo near his house. Okaizumi belonged to Nippon Steel after graduation from Tokai University....	Japan
5.	Sergey Shakimov	Kazakhstan
5.	Dmitry Solovyov	Uzbekistan
7.	Ben Sonnemans Ben Sonnemans Ben Sonnemans is a Dutch judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com* on Judovision.org...	Netherlands
7.	Raymond Stevens	United Kingdom

+95 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	David Douillet David Douillet David Douillet is a French judoka and politician.Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.90 meters and weighing 125 kilograms , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. He also gained four world titles and a European crown...	France
2.	Frank Möller Frank Möller Frank Möller is a German judoka.He won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Germany
3.	David Khakhaleishvili David Khakhaleishvili David Khakhaleishvili is a retired heavyweight Georgian judoka.He was expected to defend his heavyweight Olympic title at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia in a highly anticipated match against the reigning world champion, David Douillet...	Georgia (country)
3.	Naoya Ogawa Naoya Ogawa Naoya Ogawa is a Japanese former world judo champion, Olympic silver medalist, professional wrestler and mixed martial artist...	Japan
5.	Ernesto Pérez Ernesto Pérez Ernesto Pérez is a Spanish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Spain
5.	Selim Tataroğlu Selim Tataroglu Selim Tataroğlu is a Turkish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Turkey
7.	Indrek Pertelson Indrek Pertelson Indrek Pertelson is an Estonian judoka. At the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics he won bronze medals in the men's Heavyweight category. He was born in Tallinn.-References:*...	Estonia
7.	Ruslan Sharapov Ruslan Sharapov Ruslan Sharapov is a Belarusian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Belarus

Open class

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	David Douillet David Douillet David Douillet is a French judoka and politician.Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at 1.90 meters and weighing 125 kilograms , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. He also gained four world titles and a European crown...	France
2.	Sergey Kossorotov	Russia
3.	Shinichi Shinohara Shinichi Shinohara is a former jūdōka and winner of the gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham. To Shinohara's disappointment, French champion David Douillet did not compete at Birmingham due to back injury; Shinohara was quoted as saying, "Even though I lifted the double crown at the worlds,...	Japan
3.	Selim Tataroğlu Selim Tataroglu Selim Tataroğlu is a Turkish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Turkey
5.	Frank Moreno García	Cuba
5.	Harry Van Barneveld Harry Van Barneveld Harry Van Barneveld is a former Belgian judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight category.- References :...	Belgium
7.	Liu Shenggang	People's Republic of China
7.	Igor Müller	Luxembourg

48 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Ryoko Tani Ryoko Tani is one of the world's most famous and successful judoka. She was born in Fukuoka, Fukuoka. She was an employee at Toyota Motor Corporation, but is now entering politics.-Career:...	Japan
2.	Li Aiyue	People's Republic of China
3.	Amarilis Savón Amarilis Savón Amarilis Savón Carmenate is a Cuban judoka who has won three Olympic bronze medals.-References:*...	Cuba
3.	Małgorzata Roszkowska	Poland
5.	Tamara Meijer	Netherlands
5.	Hillary Wolf Hillary Wolf Hillary Wolf is a former American child actress and judo player. She is most notable for starring as the lead character Laura in the theatrical film Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even and for her role as Megan in the Home Alone series. She won the world judo championships for juniors in 1994,...	United States
7.	Yolanda Soler Yolanda Soler Yolanda Soler is a Spanish judoka, Olympic champion. She won a bronze medal in the lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-References:*http://judoinfo.com/olympics.htm...	Spain
7.	Tatiana Moskvina	Belarus

52 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Marie-Claire Restoux Marie-Claire Restoux Marie-Claire Restoux is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....	France
2.	Carolina Mariani Carolina Mariani Claudia Carolina Mariani Ambrueso is a retired female judoka from Argentina. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Half-Lightweight division at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba. Mariani represented her native South American country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting...	Argentina
3.	Legna Verdecia Legna Verdecia Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.-References:*...	Cuba
3.	Sharon Rendle Sharon Rendle Sharon Susan Rendle MBE is a retired female judoka from the United Kingdom. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, when she won the bronze medal in the women's featherweight division .-References:* *...	United Kingdom
5.	Wang Jing-Ling	People's Republic of China
5.	Almudena Muñoz Almudena Muñoz Almudena Muñoz Martínez is a former judo competitor from Spain who won the gold medal in women's 52 kg division at the 1992 Summer Olympics of Barcelona, Spain. Muñoz also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics of Atlanta, Georgia.-References:* * *...	Spain
7.	Heidi Goossens	Belgium
7.	Hyun Sook-Hee Hyun Sook-Hee Hyun Sook-Hee is a female South Korean judoka.Hyun won the silver medal in the half-lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics...	South Korea

56 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Driulis González Driulis González Driulis González Morales is a female Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. Because of pregnancy, she skipped the 2001 World Championships. After her son's birth González changed from weight category U57 to U63...	Cuba
2.	Jung Sun-Yong Jung Sun-Yong Jung Sun-Yong is a female South Korean judoka.At the age of 14, she was the youngest judoka ever to represent South Korea in 1985....	South Korea
3.	Danielle Zangrando	Brazil
3.	Filipa Cavalleri	Portugal
5.	Marisabel Lomba Marisabel Lomba Marisabel Lomba is a Belgian judoka and Olympic medalist. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a bronze medal in the lightweight class. She also competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Belgium
5.	Isabel Fernández Isabel Fernández María Isabel Fernández Gutiérrez is a Spanish judoka. She is an Olympic champion, a world champion and six-time European champion. She won a gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and received an Olympic bronze medal in 1996.-References:...	Spain
7.	Tanja Münzinger	Germany
7.	Zoulfia Garipova	Russia

61 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Jung Sung-Sook Jung Sung-Sook Jung Sung-Sook is a South Korean judoka.She won two Olympic bronze medals in the half-middleweight division in 1996 and 2000.In 1994, Jung won the gold medal at the World judo championships in Chiba, Japan....	South Korea
2.	Jenny Gal Jenny Gal Jennifer Eva Caroline Gal is a retired judoka who competed for The Netherlands at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics and Italy at the 2000 Summer Olympics....	Netherlands
3.	Gella Vandecaveye Gella Vandecaveye Gella Vandecaveye is a judoka from Belgium.At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's half-middleweight category. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she captured a second medal: a bronze one in the same category...	Belgium
3.	Cathérine Fleury-Vachon Catherine Fleury-Vachon Catherine Fleury is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....	France
5.	Ileana Beltrán Ileana Beltrán Ileana Benita Beltrán Zulueta is a retired female judoka from Cuba. She twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics in in the Women's Half-Middleweight division: 1992 and 1996. Beltrán twice won a gold medal at the Pan American Games during her career.-References:*...	Cuba
5.	Yael Arad Yael Arad Yael Arad is an Israeli judoka.She was the first Israeli to win an Olympic medal. She is widely recognized as one of Israel's most successful athletes and is credited with bringing judo into the athletic mainstream....	Israel
7.	Michelle Buckingham	Canada
7.	Diane Bell	United Kingdom

66 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Cho Min-Sun Cho Min-Sun Cho Min-Sun is a South Korean judoka.Cho won a gold medal in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, and also won two gold medals at the 1993 and 1995 World Championships...	South Korea
2.	Odalis Revé Odalis Revé Odalis Revé Jiménez is a retired Cuban judoka. At the 1992 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the Women's Middleweight category.-References:**...	Cuba
3.	Aneta Szczepańska Aneta Szczepanska Aneta Maria Szczepańska is a Polish judoka.She won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.For her sport achievements, she received: Golden Cross of Merit in 1996....	Poland
3.	Liliko Ogasawara	United States
5.	Claudia Zwiers Claudia Zwiers Claudia Antoinette Zwiers is a judoka from the Netherlands, who represented her native country at two Summer Olympics . She won the bronze medal in the women's middleweight division in Atlanta, Georgia .-References:*...	Netherlands
5.	Alice Dubois	France
7.	Melanie Engoang	Gabon
7.	Mariela Spacek	Austria

72 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Diadenis Luna Diadenis Luna Diadenis Luna Castellano is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's Half Heavyweight category, together with Ylenia Scapin.- References :...	Cuba
2.	Ulla Werbrouck Ulla Werbrouck Ulla Werbrouck is a Belgian politician and former judoka.At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's half-heavyweight category. In January 2007, she joined the newly-established right-liberal List Dedecker party and in June 2007, she was elected member of the Belgian Chamber...	Belgium
3.	Tetyana Belajeva	Ukraine
3.	Yoko Tanabe Yoko Tanabe is a retired Japanese judoka.She won two Olympic silver medals in the half-heavyweight division, in 1992 and 1996.She won All-Japan judo championships 6 times （1987 - 1992）.-External links:**...	Japan
5.	Kate Howey Kate Howey Kate Louise Howey is a former British judoka, the only British judoka to have competed at four Olympic Games. Howey is also the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals...	United Kingdom
5.	Zhao Limin	People's Republic of China
7.	Karin Kienhuis	Netherlands
7.	Estha Essombe Estha Essombe Estha Essombe is a French judoka. Essombe competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the women's half-heavyweight division.-External links:*...	France

+72 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Angelique Seriese Angelique Seriese Angelique Elisabeth Seriese is a former Dutch judoka, who became world champion in the 78 kg category at the 1995 World Judo Championships....	Netherlands
2.	Ying Zhang	People's Republic of China
3.	Daima Beltrán Daima Beltran Daima Mayelis Beltrán Guisado is a Cuban judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's Heavyweight category. She repeated that feat four years later in Athens, Greece.-References:*...	Cuba
3.	Shon Hyun-Me	South Korea
5.	Svetlana Goundarenko	Russia
5.	Noriko Anno Noriko Anno Noriko Anno is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's -78 kg judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has won gold in the World Championship at -78 kg four times, and was fifth in the -72 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Japan
7.	Donata Burgatta	Italy
7.	Colleen Rosensteel Colleen Rosensteel Colleen Rosensteel is an American judoka and a Pan American games silver medalist.Rosensteel was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania...	United States

Open class

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Monique van der Lee	Netherlands
2.	Sun Fuming Sun Fuming Sun Fuming is a female Chinese judoka who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the gold medal in the heavyweight class in 1996. Eight years later she won the bronze medal in the heavyweight class.-References:*...	People's Republic of China
3.	Lee Hyun-Kyung	South Korea
3.	Estela Rodríguez Estela Rodríguez Estela Rodríguez Villanueva is a retired Cuban judoka. She won silver medals at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics, both in the Half Heavyweight category.-References:*...	Cuba
5.	Noriko Anno Noriko Anno Noriko Anno is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's -78 kg judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has won gold in the World Championship at -78 kg four times, and was fifth in the -72 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Japan
5.	Sandra Köppen Sandra Köppen Sandra Köppen is a German judoka.She also won a gold medal in sumo wrestling at the 2005 World Games-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Germany
7.	Valeria Brandino	Brazil
7.	Christine Cicot Christine Cicot Christine Cicot is a French judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. She received a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She became world champion in Paris 1997.-References:...	France

External links

Results from the 1995 World Judo Championships (JudoInside.com)

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