Judo Competition Photos

Here are some favorite photos from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA (© Bob Willingham) :

• Emoto (JPN) throws Vandecaveye (BEL)
• Nastula (POL) throws Kim Min-Soo (KOR)
• Cho Min-Sun throwing for Ippon
• Jeon Ki Young (KOR) throwing Bagdasarov (UZB)
• Bouras (FRA) attacking Koga (JPN)
• Douillet (FRA) throwing Perez (ESP)
• Werbrouck (BEL) throwing Tanabe (JPN)

From the 1997 World Championships (© Bob Willingham) :

• Kate Howey throwing Von Rekowski for Ippon
• Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) - 60 kg
• Hyuk Kim (KOR) - 65 kg
• S. Vandenhende (FRA) - 61 kg
• David Douillet (FRA) + 95 kg

From the 1999 World Championships (© Bob Willingham) :

• Driuli Gonzalez (CUB) throws Isabel Fernandez (ESP) for the gold medal
• Noriko Anno (JPN) throws Yufeng Yin (CHN) for gold
• Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) throws Victor Florescu (MDA) for gold
• Keiko Maeda (JPN) throws Gella Vandecavey (BEL) for gold
• Jimmy Pedro (USA) throws Vitali Makarov (RUS) for gold

From the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia (© Bob Willingham) :

• Tamura (JPN) throws for ippon and gold medal in women's -48kg
• Nomura (JPN) -60kg on his way to gold
• Miresmaeili (IRI) throwing Namamura Yukimasa (JPN) in men's -66kg
• Delgado (POR) applying armbar to Paseyro (URU) for bronze medal in -81kg
• Olsen (USA) throwing Croitoru (ROM) in -90kg
• Kosei Inoue (JPN) winning gold against Nicolas Gill (CAN) in -100kg
• Ato Hand (USA) vs Stephane Traineau (FRA) in -100kg
• Martin Boonzayer (USA) vs Vladimir Sanchez (CUB) in +100kg

From the 2003 World Masters Championships in Tokyo, Japan (© Neil Ohlenkamp):