Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta made Canadian judo history on Tuesday by becoming the first Canadian world champion in the history of the World Judo Championships. Deguchi won the gold medal in the women’s 57 kilogram division at the 2019 Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario and Shady El Nahas of Montreal, Quebec each won the gold medal this past weekend in the Zagreb Grand Prix Judo event from Croatia. Klimkait won the gold medal in the women’s 57 kilogram weight Read more
Kelita Zupancic of Whitby, Ontario won the bronze medal in the women’s 70 kilogram division at a Judo Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary on Saturday. It was Zupancic’s 13th career Grand Prix medal. Zupancic now has one gold medal, four Read more
Team Canada had a marvelous weekend at the 2019 Montreal Grand Prix of Judo from Quebec. In all, Team Canada came away with nine medals (one gold medal, four silver medals and four bronze medals). Canada’s nine medals were tied Read more
Team Canada won four medals at the 2019 Hohhot Grand Prix in China from May 24-26. The multiple medals at the prestigious international judo event is just a prime example of just how much depth the Canadian international judo program Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Antoine Valois-Fortier of Quebec City, Quebec found the podium twice in back-to-back weeks as he prepares for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. The judokan who placed third at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, won the Read more
Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won a World Cup women’s judo competition in Ekaterinburg, Russia on Friday. For Deguchi, it was her second gold medal of the season at a judo grand slam event as she also won the Read more
The Northwest Territories and Prince Edward Island have won medals at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer.Both medals came in the sport of judo. The Northwest Territories medal came from Wilson Elliott of Yellowknife in the male 81 Read more
In most Olympic events, if you are ranked in the top two in the Olympic rankings list, it is good enough to qualify for an Olympic games. That is not the case for Canadian judokas Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta Read more
Jacob Valois of Boucherville, Quebec won the gold medal in the men’s 66 kilogram division at the 2018 Asian Judo Open from Hong Kong on Saturday. Valois was one of three Canadians to land on the podium. Hakim Chala of Read more