JERUZALEM – Het Masters tornooi van de Internationale Judofederatie vond eind 2022 plaats in Jeruzalem, Israël, van 20 t.e.m. 22 december. Negen Belgische judoka’s tekenden present voor dit IJF-tornooi op de World Judo Tour. Dit betekent dan ook dat alle geselecteerde judoka’s tot de top 36 van de wereld in hun gewichtscategorie behoren. Immers, om aan de Masters deel te nemen is dat een vereiste.
We lijsten kort de kampen van onze judoka’s op.
Ellen Salens (-48kg/JS Merelbeke/34 WRL)
Round 1: Victory vs. Chen-Hao Lin (TPE)
Round 2: Loss vs. Abiba Abuzhakynova (KAZ)
Charline Van Snick (-52kg/JC Bushido/32 WRL)
Round 1: Loss vs. Mascha Ballhaus (GER)
Mina Libeer (-57kg/JS Merelbeke/15 WRL)
Round 1: Loss vs. Tsukasa Yoshida (JPN)
Gabriella Willems (-70kg/JC Andrimont/ 15 WRL) – 5th place
Round 1: Victory vs. Kelly Petersen Pollard (GBR)
Round 2: Victory vs. Aoife Coughlan (AUS)
Quarter-Final: Victory vs. Lara Cvjetko (CRO)
Semi-Final: Loss vs. Michaela Polleres (AUT)
Bronze Medal: Loss vs. Saki Nizoe (JPN)
Jorre Verstraeten (-60kg/ JC Inter Gembloux-Wavre/ 6 WRL)
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Loss vs. Turan Bayramov (AZE)
Abdul Malik Umayev (-73kg/JC Visé/34 WRL)
Round 1: Loss vs. Shakhram Akhadov (AZE)
Matthias Casse (-81kg/JC Fudji Yama Booms/Schelle/2 WRL) – Bronze
Round 1: Bye
Round 2: Victory vs. François Gauthier Drapeau (CAN)
Quarter-Final: Victory vs. Sami Chouchi (BEL)
Semi-Final: Loss vs. Saeid Mollaei (AZE)
Bronze Medal: Victory vs. Antonio Esposito (ITA)
Sami Chouchi (-81kg/JC La Chênaie/6 WRL) – 5th place
Round 1: Victory vs. Abylaikhan Zhubanazar (KAZ)
Round 2: Victory vs. Tim Gramkow (GER)
Quarter-Final: Loss vs. Matthias Casse (BEL)
Repechage: Victory vs. Sotaro Fujiwara (JPN)
Bronze medal: Loss vs. Alpha Oumar Djalo (FRA)
Toma Nikiforov (-100kg/Topsport Defensie/8 WRL) – 5th place
Round 1: Victory vs. Bojan Dosen (SRB)
Round 2: Victory vs. Asley Gonzalez (ROU)
Quarter-Final: Victory vs. Zelym Kotsoiev (AZE)
Semi-Final: Loss vs. Simeon Catharina (NED)
Bronze Medal: Loss vs. Peter Paltchik (ISR)
