Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic judo history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most iconic moments & athletes, a comprehensive list of year-by-year results, and the ...

Kosovo's Majlinda Kelmendi has been named the winner of the women's IJF Judoka of the Year award ©IJF Japan’s Ono received 2,166 votes in a poll on the IJF Facebook page, while Kosovo’s Kelmendi ...

Menezes, who became her country’s first female Olympic judo champion four years ago, has hit top form this year after winning the Havana Grand Prix, the Pan American Games and capturing silver at the ...

Japan's Haruka Tachimoto reacts after winning the gold medal of the women's 70-kg judo competition at at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Markus ...

González was the Pan American Champion in 2013 and 2014, and holds bronze medals from Grand Slams in Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Baku Daiju Kitamura/AFLO SPORT/Alamy Maricet Espinosa González, a Cuban ...

Olympian and judo champion Maricet Espinosa González has died at the age of 34, the Pan American Judo Confederation confirmed on Instagram on Jan. 22. Her cause of death has not been confirmed as of ...