European Judo Championships

 

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (for men) by T. Plavecz

 

The first official European Championship took place in 1951 in Paris. KODOKAN President Risei KANO ( 1900-1986) ) led a large Japanese delegation that included All Japan JUDO Champion Toshiro DAIGO. JUDO men from France, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Britain, Italy, Germany, and Austria fought in front of 13,000 spectators for team and individual titles. It had no weights but the competitors were segregated according to grade- brown belt, 1st DAN, 2nd DAN, and 3rd DAN, and plus Open category. (See WEIGHT CATEGORIES) France, Great Britain, and Holland dominated the first five European Championships. For Britain such men as PALMER, Young, Mack, and GLEESON were the leading fighters. Holland produced the great Anton GEESINK for the championships in 1951 .He made the finest competition career of any non-Japanese JUDO fighter.

   These categories continued until 1957  when the brown belts were omitted and 4th Dans included. 

The EJU (European Judo Union) also included three weight categories (-68kg, -80kg, +80), and Open category.

   In 1962 the fighters being divided into 'amateur' and instructor' classes. Two Open categories there were also.

In 1963, the grade categories eliminated but the weights were still divided into 'amateurs' and 'instructors'.

   In 1965 the categories increased to -63kg, -70kg, -80kg, -93kg, +93kg and Open category

 

 

Main Events

European Championships Senior
European Championships for Teams
European Championships for Clubs
European Championships U23
European Championships Juniors
European Championships Cadets
European Championships Veterans
European Championship Kata
European Open
European Cup
European Cup Juniors
European Cup Cadets

 

EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS (For Women)

The first official European Championship took place in Munich (1975). It was a completely separate venue and date from the men. This went on from 1975 until 1987 in Paris when the Men’s and Women’s European championships were combined. Chris Child, fighting int he over 72 kg weight group, was the only British player to win a gold medal. Kathy Nichol (under 61 kg),

Geraldine Harmon (under 72 kg), Ellen Cobb and Margaret McKenna won bronze medals.

Most successful European female judoka

Most successful European male judoka

Men's competitions 1951-1986

n° M Edition Dates City and host country
1 1951 5–6 December France ParisFrance
2 1952 9–12 December France ParisFrance
3 1953 29–30 October United Kingdom LondonUnited Kingdom
4 1954 10–11 December Belgium BrusselsBelgium
5 1955 4 December France ParisFrance
6 1957 10 November Netherlands RotterdamNetherlands
7 1958 10–11 May Spain BarcelonaSpain
8 1959 9 May Austria ViennaAustria
9 1960 13–15 May Netherlands AmsterdamNetherlands
10 1961 13 May Italy MilanItaly
11 1962 12–14 May West Germany EssenWest Germany
12 1963 11 May Switzerland GenevaSwitzerland
13 1964 25–26 April West Berlin West BerlinWest Germany
14 1965 23–24 April Spain MadridSpain
15 1966 6–7 May Luxembourg LuxembourgLuxembourg
16 1967 11–13 May Italy RomeItaly
17 1968 17–19 May Switzerland LausanneSwitzerland
18 1969 15–18 May Belgium OstendBelgium
19 1970 21–24 May East Germany East BerlinEast Germany
20 1971 22–23 May Sweden GothenburgSweden
21 1972 12–14 May Netherlands VoorburgNetherlands
22 1973 12–13 May Spain MadridSpain
23 1974 2–5 May United Kingdom LondonUnited Kingdom
24 1975 8–11 May France LyonFrance
25 1976 6–9 May Soviet Union KievSoviet Union
26 1977 6–9 May West Germany LudwigshafenWest Germany
27 1978 5–7 May Finland HelsinkiFinland
28 1979 24–27 May Belgium BrusselsBelgium
29 1980 15–18 May Austria ViennaAustria
30 1981 14–17 May Hungary DebrecenHungary
31 1982 13–16 May East Germany RostockEast Germany
32 1983 12–15 May France ParisFrance
33 1984 3–6 May Belgium LiègeBelgium
34 1985 9–12 May Norway HamarNorway
35 1986 8–11 May Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia BelgradeYugoslavia

Women's competitions 1975-1986

n° W Edition Dates City and host country
1 1975 12–13 December West Germany MunichWest Germany
2 1976 9–12 December Austria ViennaAustria
3 1977 1–2 October Belgium ArlonBelgium
4 1978 11 November West Germany CologneWest Germany
5 1979 5–6 April Netherlands KerkradeNetherlands
6 1980 15–16 March Italy UdineItaly
7 1981 27–29 March Spain MadridSpain
8 1982 13–14 March Norway OsloNorway
9 1983 5–6 March Italy GenoaItaly
10 1984 17–18 March West Germany PirmasensWest Germany
11 1985 15–17 March Sweden LandskronaSweden
12 1986 15–16 March United Kingdom LondonUnited Kingdom

Mixed competitions 1987-2017

n° M n° W Edition Dates City and host country Venue
36 13 1987 7–10 May France ParisFrance  
37 14 1988 19–22 May Spain PamplonaSpain Polideportivo Arrosadía
38 15 1989 11–14 May Finland HelsinkiFinland  
39 16 1990 10–13 May Germany FrankfurtGermany  
40 17 1991 16–19 May Czechoslovakia PragueCzechoslovakia  
41 18 1992 4–7 May France ParisFrance Stade Pierre de Coubertin
42 19 1993 1–2 May Greece AthensGreece  
43 20 1994 19–22 May Poland GdańskPoland  
44 21 1995 11–14 May United Kingdom BirminghamUnited Kingdom  
45 22 1996 16–19 May Netherlands HagueNetherlands  
46 23 1997 8–11 May Belgium OstendBelgium  
47 24 1998 14–17 May Spain OviedoSpain Palacio Municipal de Deportes de Oviedo
48 25 1999 20–23 May Slovakia BratislavaSlovakia  
49 26 2000 18–21 May Poland WrocławPoland Centennial Hall
50 27 2001 18–20 May France ParisFrance AccorHotels Arena
51 28 2002 16–18 May Slovenia MariborSlovenia  
52 29 2003 16–18 May Germany DüsseldorfGermany Philips Halle
53 30 2004 14–16 May Romania BucharestRomania Polyvalent Hall
54 31 2005 20–22 May Netherlands RotterdamNetherlands Topsportcentrum Rotterdam
55 32 2006 26–28 May Finland TampereFinland Tampere Ice Stadium
56 33 2007 6–8 April Serbia BelgradeSerbia Kombank Arena
57 34 2008 11–13 April Portugal LisbonPortugal MEO Arena
58 35 2009 24–26 April Georgia (country) TbilisiGeorgia Tbilisi Sports Palace
59 36 2010 22–25 April Austria ViennaAustria Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion
60 37 2011 21–24 April Turkey IstanbulTurkey Abdi İpekçi Arena
61 38 2012 26–29 April Russia ChelyabinskRussia Traktor Ice Arena
62 39 2013 25–28 April Hungary BudapestHungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
63 40 2014 24–27 April France MontpellierFrance Park&Suites Arena
64 41 2015 25–28 June Azerbaijan BakuAzerbaijan Heydar Aliyev Sports and Exhibition Complex
65 42 2016 21–24 April Russia KazanRussia TatNeft Arena
66 43 2017 20–23 April Poland WarsawPoland Torwar Hall

European Judo Championships

1 dan

 

1. PARISET Bernard 1929-2004) FRA

    He was a French judoka and jujitsuka who studied with many Japanese masters including Jigoro Kano's student, Mikonosuke Kawaishi  and his assistant, Shozo Awazu. 

2. SCHOMBERT Horst (GER)

 

3. RAVINET Georges (BEL)

 

3. JACQUEMOND Robert (AUT)

 

2 dan

 

1. CAUQUIL Guy (FRA)

 

2. CHAPLAIN (GBR)

 

3. KONING Dik (NED)

 

3. TOBLER Robert (TCH)

 

3 dan

 

1. DE HERDT Jean (1923-2013) FRA

    He was the first European judo champion, a 4-time European champion (1951, open -3. dan, 1952 4.dan, 1955 4. dan)  actually. He is considered as one of Kawaishi's first judo student and started judo the same year as Fukuda Keiko (1935). As so many, he became the victim of judo politics.

2. GLEESON Geof (GBR)

 

kyu

 

1. DUPRE Michel (FRA)

 

2. GEESINK Anton (NED)

 

3. UNTERBURGER Richard (GER)

 

3. VOLPI Elio (ITA)

 

open

 

1. DE HERDT Jean (FRA)

 

2. GLEESON Geof (GBR)

 

3. RAVINET Georges (BEL)

 

3. JACQUEMOND Robert (AUT)

 

 

津 正蔵 AWAZU SHOZO, (1923 – 2016) was a Japanese master of judo who achieved the rank of Kōdōkan 9th Dan. He led the development of judo in France.

He was the teacher of Henri Courtine and Bernard Pariset. From 1953 to 2014, he was professor of judo at the Racing Club de France in Paris.

Awazu was a top expert in ne waza (grappling techniques), kata and tandoku-renshu.

 

 

 

KAWAISHI MIKONOSUKE 川石 酒造之助

 

(1899-1969) Non-Kodokan 10th Dan (FFDJA 10th Dan)

Japanese-born French JUDO pioneer. He studied JU-JUTSU in Kyoto. It is not known exactly what style of JU-JUTSU he learnt. In England he continues to teach this form refer to his teaching as Kawaishi Ryu JU-JUTSU. In the mid 1920’s he left Japan and toured the United States. In 1928, he arrived in the United Kingdom and established a JU-JUTSU club in Liverpool. In 1931, he moved to London, founding the Anglo-Japanese JUDO Club and teaching JUDO at Oxford University. Around this time he was awarded his third DAN by JIgoro KANO. It was common at this time for JU-JUTSU instructors to teach, or call what they taught, JUDO. In 1936, then a fourth DAN, Kawaishi moved to Paris where he taught JU-JUTSU and JUDO. During World War II, he returned to Japan. After the war he returned to Paris to continue teaching. He introduced various coloured belts in Europe. He developed an intuitive style of instruction and a numerical ordering of the techniques that he felt was more suitable for the occidental. This seemed to catch on in France and there was a rapid growth of interest in JUDO. He placed special emphasis on KATA training. He promulgated KYUZO MIFUNE’s Gonosen No KATA (The KATA of Counters) in Europe and possibly his own version of Go No KATA. He also wrote the book “Seven KATAs of JUDO”.