Judo at the 1995 Summer Universiade
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The Judo
Judo
is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

competition in the 1995 Summer Universiade
1995 Summer Universiade
The 1995 Summer Universiade, also known as the XVIII Summer Universiade, took place in Fukuoka, Japan.-Emblem:The symbol mark is a motif of "U", expressing passion and energy in the flickering flames of a burning torch...

 were held in Fukuoka
Fukuoka, Fukuoka
is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture and is situated on the northern shore of the island of Kyushu in Japan.Voted number 14 in a 2010 poll of the World's Most Livable Cities, Fukuoka is praised for its green spaces in a metropolitan setting. It is the most populous city in Kyushu, followed by...

, 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...

 from 24 August to 28 August 1995.

Men's event

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
Team

Women's event

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

60 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Kim Hyuk
Kim Hyuk
Kim Hyuk is a South Korean judoka. He won a gold medal in the lightweight division at the 1997 World Judo Championships in Paris. In 1994, Kim won five international competitions including Paris Open , the Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan and the Goodwill Games in St...

 South Korea
2. Marek Matuszek
Marek Matuszek
Marek Matuszek is a Slovak judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...

 Slovakia
3. Kenichi Harada  Japan
3. Enio Kanayama  Brazil
5. Zsolt Kunyik  Hungary
5. Roberto Cueto  Spain
7. Nestor Khergiani
Nestor Khergiani
Nestor Khergiani is a Georgian judoka.He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2001.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Georgia (country)
7. Andreas Kolbig  Germany

65 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Jung Se-Hoon  South Korea
2. Ryuta Yumiya  Japan
3. Igor Koliev
Igor Koliev
-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Belarus
3. Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald
Christopher McDonald is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, Tappy Tibbons in Requiem for a Dream, and Mel Allen in the HBO film 61*.-Personal life:...

 United States
5. Israel Hernández
Israel Hernández
Israel Hernández Planas is a Cuban judoka. At the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics he won bronze medals in the men's Half Lightweight category.-References:...

 Cuba
5. Patrick van Kalken
Patrick van Kalken
Patrick van Kalken is a Dutch judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...

 Netherlands
7. Francesco Giorgi  Italy
7. Lin Wen-Tao  Chinese Taipei

71 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Kenzo Nakamura
Kenzo Nakamura
is a retired judoka who won a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. He is the younger brother of 1993 World Judo Championships gold medalist Yoshio Nakamura and 1996 Olympic silver medalist Yukimasa Nakamura.-Biography:...

 Japan
2. Lee Eun-hak  South Korea
3. Christophe Massina
Christophe Massina
-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 France
3. Rouslan Sazonov  Russia
5. Eduard Steringa  Netherlands
5. Samuel Salvador  Spain
7. Vardan Moivsisian
Vardan Moivsisian
Vardan Moivsisian is an Armenian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Armenia
7. Raouan Inatillaev  Kazakhstan

78 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Kazunori Kubota
Kazunori Kubota
is a Japanese judoka.Kubota is from Kawasaki, Kanagawa. He began judo at the age of a 2nd grader and after graduation from Kokushikan University, he belonged to Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department...

 Japan
2. Cho In-Chul
Cho In-Chul
Cho In-Chul is a two-time World Champion and two-time Olympic Medalist.He has won two olympic medals. A bronze Medal In the 1996 olympic games and a silver medal at the Sydney Olympic games as well as three medals at The World Judo Championships of which two gold and one bronze.-Personal...

 South Korea
3. Yuan Chao  People's Republic of China
3. Juhani Tanayama  Finland
5. Alexander Guedes  Brazil
5. Alexis Landais  France
7. Giorgi Tsmindashvili
Giorgi Tsmindashvili
-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Georgia (country)
7. Dirk Radszat
Dirk Radszat
Dirk Radszat is a German judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Germany

86 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Masaru Tanabe  Japan
2. Mário Sabino
Mário Sabino
Mario Sabino Júnior is a male judoka from Brazil, who won the gold medal in the half heavyweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the final he defeated Canada's Nicolas Gill. He represented his native country a year later at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.-References:...

 Brazil
3. Dmitri Morozov
Dmitri Morozov
Dmitri Morozov is a Russian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Russia
3. Chang Jin-Chul  South Korea
5. Michele Monti
Michele Monti
Michele Monti is an Italian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Italy
5. Anatoli Droga
Anatoli Droga
-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Ukraine
7. Milosav Jocović
7. Marek Pisula
Marek Pisula
-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Poland

95 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Youri Stepkine
Youri Stepkine
Youri Stepkine is a Russian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Russia
2. Ángel Sánchez  Cuba
3. Koba Nadiradze  Ukraine
3. Takeshi Kozai
Takeshi Kozai
was a Japanese judoka.He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture. He entered the Japan Highway Public Corporation after graduating from Fukuoka University, and won the Men's -95 kg category silver medal at the Asian Championships in 1995....

 Japan
5. Dennis van der Geest
Dennis van der Geest
Dennis van der Geest is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland....

 Netherlands
5. Petr Jákl  Czech Republic
7. Qiao Chunlin  People's Republic of China
7. Yen Kuo-che  Chinese Taipei

+95 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Yoshiharu Makishi  Japan
2. Milinkovic Mitar
3. Volker Heyer
Volker Heyer
Volker Heyer is a German judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

 Germany
3. Rogerio Biondi  Brazil
5. Kim Young-hoon  South Korea
5. Ramaz Chochishvili  Georgia (country)
7. Stefano Venturelli  Italy
7. Richard Blanes  United Kingdom

Open class

Position Judoka Country
1. Katsuyuki Masuchi
Katsuyuki Masuchi
is a Japanese judoka. His wife, Chiyori is bronze medalist of Olympic Games in 1992.Masuchi is from Tsu, Mie. He began judo at the age of a 10 and after graduation from Tsukuba University, He belonged to Marunaka and Nippon Steel....

 Japan
2. Karim Boumedjane  France
3. Korobeinikov Mikhail  Russia
3. Ko Kyung-Doo  South Korea
5. Dennis van der Geest
Dennis van der Geest
Dennis van der Geest is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland....

 Netherlands
5. Helbing Sven  Germany
7. Dano Pantić
Dano Pantic
Dano Pantić is a Serbian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...

7. Teng Guangying  People's Republic of China

48 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Ryoko Tamura
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. Amarilis Savón
Amarilis Savón
Amarilis Savón Carmenate is a Cuban judoka who has won three Olympic bronze medals.-References:*...

 Cuba
3. Lioubov Brouletova  Russia
3. Sylvie Meloux  France
5. Siemens Birte  Germany
5. Kim So-La  South Korea
7. Stabler Barbara  Switzerland
7. Olga Rodina  Ukraine

52 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. He Ji  People's Republic of China
2. 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
3. Legna Verdecia
Legna Verdecia
Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.-References:*...

 Cuba
3. Atsuko Takeda  Japan
5. Klára Vészi  Hungary
5. Salima Souakri
Salima Souakri
Salima Souakri is an Algerian judoka.She finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, having lost the bronze medal match to Yolanda Soler of Spain. She moved up to the half-lightweight division, finishing seventh in the 2000 Olympic Games and fifth...

 Algeria
7. Hülya Şenyurt
Hülya Senyurt
Hülya Şenyurt is a Turkish female judoka. She won the women's bronze medal in Judo in the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 Turkey
7. Andrea Vossen  Germany

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. Chiyori Tateno
Chiyori Tateno
is a retired female judoka from Japan. She claimed the bronze medal in the Women's Lightweight division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the bronze medal match she defeated Belgium's Nicole Flagothier.-References:*...

 Japan
3. 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. Baton Magali  France
5. Marisa Pedulla  United States
5. Sonia Tognoloni  Italy
7. Natalia Petoukhova  Russia
7. Azucena Verde  Spain

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. Séverine Vandenhende
Séverine Vandenhende
Séverine Vandenhende is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney....

 France
3. Qin Yuying  People's Republic of China
3. Zulueta Beltran  Cuba
5. Irina Afonina  Russia
5. Sandra Wurm  Germany
7. Irena Tokarz  Poland
7. Hideko Sugimura  Japan

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...

2. Karine Rambault
3. Michelle Holt
3. Wu Mei-Ling  Chinese Taipei
5. 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:**...

5. Agata Mróz
7. Sally Buckton
7. Almudena López

72 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Saki Yoshida
2. Castellanos Diadenis Luna
3. Ylenia Scapin
Ylenia Scapin
Ylenia Scapin is an Italian judoka.She won two Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1996 and 2000.-External links:**...

3. Zhang Yanhong
5. Carine Varlez
5. Svetlana Galiant
7. Svetlana Lyssianskaya
7. Chen Chiu-Ping  Chinese Taipei

+72 kg

Position Judoka Country
1. Beltran Guisado  Cuba
2. Marta Kolodziejczyk  Poland
3. Hu Haifang  People's Republic of China
3. Hidemi Seo  Japan
5. Donata Burgatta  Italy
5. Veronika Kozlovskaia  Belarus
7. Meyrem Suleymanoglu  France
7. Lee Hyun-Kyung  South Korea

Open class

Position Judoka Country
1. 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
2. Marta Kolodziejczyk  Poland
3. 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. Shon Hyun-Me  South Korea
5. Simona Richter
Simona Richter
Simona Marcela Richter is a retired female judoka from Romania. She claimed a bronze medal in the Women's Light-Heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, together with Italy's Emanuela Pierantozzi.-References:*...

 Romania
5. Guisado Beltrán  Cuba
7. Karen Hayde  Canada
7. Veronika Kozlovskaia  Belarus

Medals table

1  Japan 8 2 4 14
2  South Korea 4 3 4 11
3  Cuba 2 3 2 7
4  People's Republic of China 1 0 5 6
5  Russia 1 0 4 5
6  France 0 3 3 6
7  Poland 0 2 0 2
8  Brazil 0 1 2 3
9  Slovakia 0 1 0 1
0 1 0 1
11  Italy 0 0 1 1
 Chinese Taipei 0 0 1 1
 United States 0 0 1 1
 Belarus 0 0 1 1
 Finland 0 0 1 1
 Germany 0 0 1 1
 Ukraine 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1

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