2007 World Judo Championships

Judo
Judo
2007 World Judo Championships
The official logotype: Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Mountain styled as a black belt.
VenueJeunesse Arena
LocationBrazil Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Dates13–16 September 2007
Competitors743 from 138 nations
Competition at external databases
LinksIJF • EJU • JudoInside

The 2007 World Judo Championships are the 25th edition of the Judo World Championships, and were held at the Rio Olympic Arena, usually called Arena Multiuso, that was built for the 2007 Pan-American Games, in Jacarepaguá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 13 to September 16, 2007.

The competition gathered the sport's top athletes in Rio de Janeiro, with only a few exceptions, due to injuries. Among the high-profile injured judokas that were unable to participate were Brazil's Flávio Canto, bronze medallist in the -81 kg category at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games, who tore a ligament in his right elbow during the 2007 Pan American Games (during the event, Canto participated as a commentator for the Brazilian paid sports channel, SporTV); and Japan's Tadahiro Nomura, the three-time Olympic champion and heavy favorite in the -60 kg category was forced to withdraw only a few weeks before the event due to injury (his replacement was able to place 7th in the competition).

In the leadup to the event, Rio de Janeiro also hosted the IJF's International Congress, congregating the heads of all the national confederations affiliated to the IJF. The meeting took place on September 12, eve of the first day of competition, and in it, some important decisions were made. The first was the election of the new IJF president. Marius Vizer was elected by the attending representatives to replace Yung Sang Park, the current president. In addition, the Congress voted and approved unanimously, the extension of the IJF's president term from 2 years to 6 years. Another decision made in the meeting was the selection of the city that would host the 2011 World Championship. The contenders were the cities of Paris, France and Hamburg, Germany, and the French capital was selected as the host city for the 2011 event. Finally, the Congress also voted on the new presidency of the European Judo Union, with Russia's Sergei Soloveychik being elected president and Jean-Luc Rougé and Vladimír Bárta being elected as first vice president and vice president respectively. Newly appointed IJF president, Marius Vizer, was made honorary president of the European Judo Federation as well.

After the conclusion of competition in the last day of the event, the IJF members voted on the best athletes of the World Championship. In the men's side, Brazil's Tiago Camilo, who won in the -81 kg category by defeating all opponents by ippon (the perfect score, which ends the match automatically), was selected; and in the women's side, North Korea's Kye Sun-hui, who won in the -57 kg category, was chosen as best female athlete in the competition. Both athletes were presented with an obelisk-shaped, acrylic trophy for the achievement.

Medal overview

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Men

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (60 kg)
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 Ruben Houkes (NED)  Nestor Khergiani (GEO)  Ludwig Paischer (AUT)
 Choi Min-Ho (KOR)
Half-lightweight (66 kg)
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 João Derly (BRA)  Yordanis Arencibia (CUB)  Arash Miresmaeili (IRI)
 Miklós Ungvári (HUN)
Lightweight (73 kg)
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 Wang Ki-chun (KOR)  Elnur Mammadli (AZE)  Yusuke Kanamaru (JPN)
 Rasul Bokiev (TJK)
Half-middleweight (81 kg)
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 Tiago Camilo (BRA)  Anthony Rodriguez (FRA)  Guillaume Elmont (NED)
 Euan Burton (GBR)
Middleweight (90 kg)
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 Irakli Tsirekidze (GEO)  Ilias Iliadis (GRE)  Roberto Meloni (ITA)
 Ivan Pershin (RUS)
Half-heavyweight (100 kg)
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 Luciano Corrêa (BRA)  Peter Cousins (GBR)  Dániel Hadfi (HUN)
 Oreidis Despaigne (CUB)
Heavyweight (+100 kg)
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 Teddy Riner (FRA)  Tamerlan Tmenov (RUS)  Lasha Gujejiani (GEO)
 João Gabriel Schlittler (BRA)
Openweight
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 Yasuyuki Muneta (JPN)  Juri Rybak (BLR)  Matthieu Bataille (FRA)
 Abdullo Tangriev (UZB)

Women

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Extra-lightweight (48 kg)
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 Ryoko Tani (JPN)  Yanet Bermoy (CUB)  Frédérique Jossinet (FRA)
 Alina Dumitru (ROU)
Half-lightweight (52 kg)
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 Shi Junjie (CHN)  Telma Monteiro (POR)  An Kum-ae (PRK)
 Yuka Nishida (JPN)
Lightweight (57 kg)
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 Kye Sun-hui (PRK)  Isabel Fernández (ESP)  Aiko Sato (JPN)
 Bernadett Baczkó (HUN)
Half-middleweight (63 kg)
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 Driulis González (CUB)  Lucie Décosse (FRA)  Elisabeth Willeboordse (NED)
 Ayumi Tanimoto (JPN)
Middleweight (70 kg)
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 Gévrise Émane (FRA)  Ronda Rousey (USA)  Ylenia Scapin (ITA)
 Anett Mészáros (HUN)
Half-heavyweight (78 kg)
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 Yurisel Laborde (CUB)  Sae Nakazawa (JPN)  Stéphanie Possamaï (FRA)
 Jeong Gyeong-Mi (KOR)
Heavyweight (+78 kg)
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 Tong Wen (CHN)  Maki Tsukada (JPN)  Sandra Köppen (GER)
 Carola Uilenhoed (NED)
Openweight
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 Maki Tsukada (JPN)  Lucija Polavder (SLO)  Anne-Sophie Mondière (FRA)
 Elena Ivashchenko (RUS)

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan3249
2 Brazil*3014
3 France2248
4 Cuba2215
5 China2002
6 Georgia1113
7 Netherlands1034
8 South Korea1023
9 North Korea1012
10 Russia0123
11 Great Britain0112
12 Azerbaijan0101
 Belarus0101
 Greece0101
 Portugal0101
 Slovenia0101
 Spain0101
 United States0101
19 Hungary0044
20 Italy0022
21 Austria0011
 Germany0011
 Iran0011
 Romania0011
 Tajikistan0011
 Uzbekistan0011
Totals (26 entries)16163264

Results overview

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Men

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60 kg

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16 September – Final details

Position Judoka Country
1. Ruben Houkes  Netherlands
2. Nestor Khergiani  Georgia
3. Ludwig Paischer  Austria
3. Choi Min-Ho  South Korea
5. Rok Drakšič  Slovenia
5. Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar  Mongolia
7. Tatsuaki Egusa  Japan
7. Cemal Oğuz  Turkey

66 kg

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15 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. João Derly  Brazil
2. Yordanis Arencibia  Cuba
3. Arash Miresmaeili  Iran
3. Miklós Ungvári  Hungary
5. Giovanni Casale  Italy
5. Armen Nazaryan  Armenia
7. Andreas Mitterfellner  Austria
7. Sasha Mehmedovic  Canada

73 kg

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15 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Wang Ki-chun  South Korea
2. Elnur Mammadli  Azerbaijan
3. Yusuke Kanamaru  Japan
3. Rasul Bokiev  Tajikistan
5. Sezer Huysuz  Turkey
5. David Kevkhishvili  Georgia
7. Konstantin Semenov  Belarus
7. Robert Gess  Germany

81 kg

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14 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Tiago Camilo  Brazil
2. Anthony Rodriguez  France
3. Guillaume Elmont  Netherlands
3. Euan Burton  Great Britain
5. Robert Krawczyk  Poland
5. Giuseppe Maddaloni  Italy
7. Kwon Young Woo  South Korea
7. Tomislav Marijanović  Croatia

90 kg

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14 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Irakli Tsirekidze  Georgia
2 Ilias Iliadis  Greece
3. Roberto Meloni  Italy
3. Ivan Pershin  Russia
5. Mark Huizinga  Netherlands
5. Hesham Mesbah  Egypt
7. Winston Gordon  Great Britain
7. Elkhan Mammadov  Azerbaijan

100 kg

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13 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Luciano Corrêa  Brazil
2. Peter Cousins  Great Britain
3. Dániel Hadfi  Hungary
3. Oreidis Despaigne  Cuba
5. Amel Mekić  Bosnia and Herzegovina
5. Levan Zhorzholiani  Georgia
7. Vitaliy Bubon  Ukraine
7. Utkir Kurbanov  Uzbekistan

+100 kg

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13 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Teddy Riner  France
2. Tamerlan Tmenov  Russia
3. Lasha Gujejiani  Georgia
3. João Gabriel Schlittler  Brazil
5. Kosei Inoue  Japan
5. Xiangjun Wei  China
7. Abdullo Tangriev  Uzbekistan
7. Óscar Brayson  Cuba

Open class

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16 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Yasuyuki Muneta  Japan
2. Juri Rybak  Belarus
3. Matthieu Bataille  France
3. Abdullo Tangriev  Uzbekistan
5. Daniel Hernandes  Brazil
5. Naidangiin Tüvshinbayar  Mongolia
7. Franz Birkfellner  Austria
7. Moulud Miraliev  Azerbaijan

Women

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48 kg

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16 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Ryoko Tani  Japan
2. Yanet Bermoit  Cuba
3. Frédérique Jossinet  France
3. Alina Dumitru  Romania
5. Paula Pareto  Argentina
5. Kim Yong-Ram  South Korea
7. Éva Csernoviczki  Hungary
7. Tatiana Moskvina  Belarus

52 kg

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15 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Shi Junjie  China
2. Telma Monteiro  Portugal
3. An Kum-ae  North Korea
3. Yuka Nishida  Japan
5. Kim Kyung-Ok  South Korea
5. Érika Miranda  Brazil
7. Soraya Haddad  Algeria
7. Georgina Singleton  Great Britain

57 kg

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15 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Kye Sun-hui  North Korea
2. Isabel Fernández  Spain
3. Aiko Sato  Japan
3. Bernadett Baczkó  Hungary
5. Nina Koivumäki  Finland
5. Giulia Quintavalle  Italy
7. Yvonne Bönisch  Germany
7. Faith Pitman  Great Britain

63 kg

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14 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Driulis González  Cuba
2. Lucie Décosse  France
3. Elisabeth Willeboordse  Netherlands
3. Ayumi Tanimoto  Japan
5. Anna von Harnier  Germany
5. Urška Žolnir  Slovenia
7. Claudia Heill  Austria
7. Ja-Young Kong  South Korea

70 kg

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14 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Gévrise Émane  France
2. Ronda Rousey  United States
3. Ylenia Scapin  Italy
3. Anett Mészáros  Hungary
5. Edith Bosch  Netherlands
5. Maryna Pryshchepa  Ukraine
7. Leire Iglesias  Spain
7. Yalennis Castillo  Cuba

78 kg

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13 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Yurisel Laborde  Cuba
2. Sae Nakazawa  Japan
3. Stéphanie Possamaï  France
3. Kyung-Mi Jung  South Korea
5. Lucia Morico  Italy
5. Yang Xiuli  China
7. Edinanci Silva  Brazil
7. Houda Miled  Tunisia

+78 kg

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13 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Tong Wen  China
2. Maki Tsukada  Japan
3. Sandra Köppen  Germany
3. Carola Uilenhoed  Netherlands
5. Karina Bryant  Great Britain
5. Anne-Sophie Mondière  France
7. Urszula Sadkowska  Poland
7. Nihel Chikhrouhou  Tunisia

Open class

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16 September – Final

Position Judoka Country
1. Maki Tsukada  Japan
2. Lucija Polavder  Slovenia
3. Anne-Sophie Mondière  France
3. Elena Ivashchenko  Russia
5. Yuliya Barysik  Belarus
5. Idalys Ortiz  Cuba
7. Liu Huanyuan  China
7. Dorjgotovyn Tserenkhand  Mongolia
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