List of judoka

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This is a list of famous and well-known judo practitioners (judoka) sorted by area of primary residence.

Contents 1 The founder 2 Japan 3 America 4 Australia 5 Britain 6 Canada 7 France 8 Germany 9 Netherlands 10 Poland 11 Turkey

[edit] The founder

Jigoro Kano

[edit] Japan

• Keiko Fukuda, highest ranking female in the world, lives in US
• Masahiko Kimura, widely considered greatest judoka of all time, defeated founder of Brazilian Jiu-jitsu and only lost 4 times in his entire career.
• Gunji Koizumi, introduced Judo to England
• Kyuzo Mifune
• Tadahiro Nomura
• Ryoko Tani
• Yasuhiro Yamashita
• Hidehiko Yoshida 1992 Olympic gold medalist

[edit] America

• Jim Bregman, first American to win a medal in Olympic judo
• Allen Coage, 1976 Olympic bronze medalist, and professional wrestler Bad News Brown
• George Harris, member of the first US Olympic judo team
• Jason Morris, 1992 Olympic silver medalist, 1993 Worlds bronze medalist, 2008 Olympic coach
• Karo Parisyan
• Jimmy Pedro
• Philip S. Porter
• Teddy Roosevelt
• Mike Swain
• Ron Tripp
• Clyde Worthen

[edit] Australia

• Anthony Clarke, World blind judo champion and gold medalist in the paralympics.

[edit] Britain

• Neil Adams, world championship winner (gold) 1981
• Brian Jacks, first British world championship medal winner (bronze)
• Craig Fallon, world championship winner (gold) 2005 in Cairo
• Charlie Palmer 10th Dan

[edit] Canada

• Doug Rogers

Alan Petherbridge 9th Dan, competitor 1964 Olympics

[edit] France

• David Douillet

[edit] Germany

• Detlef Ultsch, first German world champion

[edit] Netherlands

• Anton Geesink, 10th Dan
• Wim Ruska
• Jan Snijders

[edit] Poland

• Pawel Nastula 1996 Olympic gold medalist

[edit] Turkey

• Hüseyin Özkan 2000 Olympic gold medalist
• Hülya Şenyurt 1992 Olympics women's bronze medalist