Recapping the most essential highlights from Olympic judo history, from the event's origin and timeline to all the most ...

North Korea's Kum Ae An was able to follow up her 2008 silver medal in the Beijing Games with a gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, defeating Cuba's Yanet Bermoy Acosta. An was able to ...

Harrison became the first US woman to win Olympic judo gold at the 2012 London Games Kayla Harrison, pictured here on the 2016 Olympics podium in Rio, became the first US woman to win judo gold at the ...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — When he immigrated to Israel from his native Ukraine in the early 1990s, judo master Igor Romanitsky was already resigned to quitting the sport professionally and pursuing a medical ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Majlinda Kelmendi made history at the Rio Games on Sunday as she won gold in the women's judo, becoming the first athlete from Kosovo to win an Olympic medal after ...