News from the European Judo Cup – Bratislava
This weekend also saw two more athletes from Cyprus in action at the European Judo Cup in Bratislava. Aristos Michael and Andreas Papapetrou were both in the -81Kg category. First…
Gold in England for Nicole
Our athlete Nicole Evripidou attended the “Heart of England” Open Championship in Birmingham, England over the weekend. Nicole took part in the -57 Kg category and on the way to…
World Championship – Tokyo, Japan
The most important event of the year in the Judo calendar is the World Championship that this year is being held in Tokyo, Japan. With 835 competitors (506 men and…
Junior European Judo Cup – Ponzan, Poland
Representing Cyprus at the Junior European Judo Cup in Poznan, Italy this weekend was our athlete in the -90 Kg category, Georgios Krussanotakis from the Kyrenia Judo Union. The competition…
IJF World Judo Tour – Zagreb, Croatia
The IJF World Judo Tour in Zagreb was also held this week – a Judo tournament that where 558 competitors (332 men and 226 women) from 87 countries took part.…
European Youth Olympic Festival Day 2
Day 2 saw our athlete Panagiotis Shakkos from Kiti in action in the -73 Kg category First up was the athlete from Slovenia, Miha Rudolf. The Slovenian received a Shido penalty…
European Youth Olympic Festival Day 1
This week sees the European Youth Olympic Festival taking part in Baku, Azerbaijan where the Cyprus Olympic Committee took a team of sixteen athletes to represent Cyprus at the Games. Of…
TeamCyprus Flag Bearer
Judo was given another singular honour by the Cyprus Olympic Committee when our athlete Giogios Balajiasvili was chosen to carry the flag of Team Cyprus at the opening ceremony of…
IJF Grand Prix World Tour – Budapest, Hungary
Another fiercely competitive and difficult tournament is the IJF Grand Prix, part of the IJF World Judo Tour 2019. This time it was held in Budapest, Hungary with 549 competitors…
Balkan U13 Games – Part 2
The second day of the U13 Balkan Games saw more athletes who had travelled to Timisoara in Romania taking part and we had another medal! First up was our athlete…