Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won the 2021 Antalya Judo Grand Slam this past Thursday in Turkey. In the women’s 57-kilogram weight class, Deguchi beat fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario in the final, as Klimkait settled for silver. Read more
It was a terrific weekend for Canadian judokans this past weekend in Tbilisi, Georgia, as Team Canada came away with four medals, including two gold medals. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Montreal, Quebec won gold in the women’s 63 kilogram-division, Shady El Read more
Shady El Nahas of Montreal, Quebec won the bronze medal in the men’s 100-kilogram or less division on Sunday at the 2020 Grand Slam Hungary in Budapest. The event is one of four judo grand slam events this year with Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Antoine Valois-Fortier of Quebec City, Quebec, and Arthur Margelidon of Montreal, Quebec each earned medals on Saturday at the Hungary Grand Slam judo competition in Budapest on Saturday. Valois-Fortier won the silver medal in the men’s Read more
For the third time in her career, Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario has won the gold medal at a grand slam event on the International Judo Federation Tour. Klimkait placed first at the Grand Slam Hungary in Budapest in the Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the gold medal on Friday in the women’s 57 kilogram judo division at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam. For Klimkait, it was her second grand slam title as she also won in Osaka, Japan on Read more
Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won her fourth career International Judo Federation grand slam gold medal on Saturday. Deguchi placed first at the 2020 Paris Grand Slam.It was one of two medals won by Canadians at the Paris Grand Slam Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the bronze medal at the 2019 Qingdao Masters on Thursday. While competing in the women’s 57 kilogram division, Klimkait won a bronze medal in a Masters Judo event for the second straight year as Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the bronze medal on Friday in the 2019 Osaka Grand Slam in judo. It was the second straight year that Klimkait won a medal in the Osaka Grand Slam, as she won gold last Read more
Canadians came away with two medals on Saturday at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam Judo competition from the United Arab Emirates. Arthur Margelidon of Montreal, Quebec won a silver medal in the men’s 73 kilogram division and Shady El Read more