London Calling
© Mike Varey, elitepix
British Judo are pleased to announce that London has been named the FOLLOWING on from the resounding success and recognition of the first ID World Championships, which was supported by the International Judo Federation, British Judo have been given the same support from the European Judo Union (EJU) to run the first European Championships of its kind.
ID World Championships in Cologne last year winning seven medals including five gold. The BJA have been striving to improve the offering of adaptive judo across Great Britain and the event is just reward for the Association following excellent feedback from the EJU about our bid.
an important milestone for judoka from many nations.” commented Sergey Soloveychik, President of the EJU. “I am also convinced that the event in London will be a great success and a very positive step towards the inclusion of ID into the judo sporting environment.”
The event will be held on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 August at the SportsDock, University of East London (UEL Sportsdock). GB Judo had a very successful outing to the
“Judo is considered to be one of the most valuable sports for judo athletes with intellectual disability and I am positive that the Championships in London will become
Adaptive Judo lead at the BJA, Kerry Tansey, headed up the bid and was thrilled with the decision to land the event in London. “To receive the official email from the
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