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
Jessica Klimkait of Markham, Ontario won a gold medal for Canada in the women’s 57 kilogram division at the Osaka Grand Slam judo competition on Sunday. Klimkait was one of two Canadians to reach the podium as Shady El-Nahas of Read more
Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Montreal, Quebec and Jessica Klimkait of Markham, Ontario each won a silver medal for Canada at a Judo Grand Prix in Cancun, Mexico this past weekend. Beauchemin-Pinard won silver in the women’s 63 kilogram weight class and Read more
Team Canada won its first three medals on Monday at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Emma Misak of Surrey, British Columbia won a silver medal in girls’ break dancing, Keegan Young of Markham, Ontario won the bronze Read more
Christa Deguchi of Montreal, Quebec has won the bronze medal for Canada at the 2018 World Judo Championship in Baku, Azerbaijan. Deguchi placed third in the women’s 57 kilogram division on Saturday to become the first Canadian female ever to win Read more
Team Canada continued their success in international judo this past weekend at the Grand Prix in Budapest, Hungary.The Canadian squad came away with four bronze medals–three on the women’s side and one on the men’s side. Ecaterina Guica of La Read more