On January 10th and 11th, 2015 Judo Canada hosted the first ever Elite 8 National Championships in Montreal Quebec. This was an invitation only Canadian Championships. Selection was made by the Judo Canada High Performance Committee and was based on Judo Canada's ranking and point system. Judo Ontario was well represented with 36 U18 athletes and 21 Senior athletes selected. Judo Ontario’s athletes and clubs had exceptional results on both days.
On Saturday in the U18 age group Judo Ontario athletes received an amazing 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 6 Bronze medals. Additionally, Ontario won the most Gold medals of any province in the U18 age group! Then, on Sunday in the Senior age group Judo Ontario athletes won a fantastic 3 Gold, 1 Silver and 6 Bronze medals. Congratulations to all selected Ontario athletes and their senseis.
Special congratulations to Jacob Kendrick for being named the most outstanding U18 male athlete of the tournament and Jessica Klimkait for being named most outstanding 18+ female athlete.
U18 ResultsGold Emily Witherow +70kg Natalie Rygielski -57kg Allayah Copeland -70kg Zacharie Cheng-Boivin -50kg Daniel Kim -55kg Benjamin Kendrick -73kg
Silver Kira Fusch -63kg Eric Opaleychuk -50kg Sava Antic -60kg Nikita Rudakov -66kg Alexander Carrillos +90kg
Bronze Liam Teetzel -73kg Ossama Mahmoud -60kg Samuel Burt -55kg Jackson Thorner -50kg Dontae de Jesus -46kg Keyano Young -46kg Maartje Kroes +70kg |
+18 ResultsGold Jessica Klimkait -57kg Youssef Youssef -60kg Martin Rygielski +100kg
Silver Mohab El Nahas -81kg
Bronze Briana McCracken -52kg Mackenzie Burt -57kg Emily Burt -63kg Vadim Dudarev -100kg Yassin Youssef -60kg Shady El Nahas -90kg |
See the Judo Ontario Facebook page for more photos from the event.
Thank you to Aartje Sheffield for providing the photos.