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The 1999 World Judo Championships were the 21st edition of the World Judo Championships

World Judo Championships

The World Judo Championships are the highest level of international judo competition, along with the Olympic judo competition. The championships are held once every year by the International Judo Federation, and qualified judoka compete in their respective categories as representatives of their...

, and were held in Birmingham

Birmingham

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, England

England

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in 1999.

Men

Extra-lightweight (60 kg)

Half-lightweight (66 kg)

Lightweight (73 kg)

Half-middleweight (81 kg)

Middleweight (90 kg)

Half-heavyweight (100 kg)

Heavyweight (+100 kg)

Openweight

Women

Extra-lightweight (48 kg)

Half-lightweight (52 kg)

Lightweight (57 kg)

Half-middleweight (63 kg)

Middleweight (70 kg)

Half-heavyweight (78 kg)

Heavyweight (+78 kg)

Openweight

Medals table

1	Japan	8	2	1	11
2	Cuba	4	2	2	8
3	Early Modern France	1	0	3	4
3	United Kingdom	1	0	3	4
5	United States	1	0	0	1
5	Poland	1	0	0	1
7	Belgium	0	2	1	3
	Turkey	0	2	1	3
	Mainland China	0	2	1	3
10	South Korea	0	1	3	4
11	Spain	0	1	1	2
11	Russia	0	1	1	2
13	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Moldova	0	1	0	1
	Uzbekistan	0	1	0	1
16	Netherlands	0	0	3	3
17	Georgia (country)	0	0	2	2
17	North Korea	0	0	2	2
19	Belarus	0	0	1	1
	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	Kingdom of Bulgaria	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Kingdom of Romania	0	0	1	1
	Czech Republic	0	0	1	1

60 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Manuelo Poulot	Cuba
2.	Kazuhiko Tokuno Kazuhiko Tokuno is a Japanese judoka.He was born in Iyo, Ehime, and began judo at the age of 6. He entered the Kanagawa Prefectural Police after graduating from Tokai University.He was good at Seoinage and got medals of world championships twice...	Japan
3.	Natig Bahirov	Belarus
3.	Nestor Khergiani Nestor Khergiani Nestor Khergiani is a Georgian judoka.He has been a scholarship holder with the Olympic Solidarity program since August 2001.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Georgia (country)
5.	John Buchanan John Buchanan (judoka) John Buchanan is a British judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	United Kingdom
5.	Dorjpalamyn Narmandakh	Mongolia
7.	Vardan Voskanyan Vardan Voskanyan -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Armenia
7.	Evguani Stanev	Russia

66 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Larbi Benboudaoud Larbi Benboudaoud Larbi Benboudaoud is a judoka from France, who won the silver medal in the half lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia...	France
2.	Hüseyin Özkan Hüseyin Özkan Hüseyin Özkan is a Turkish judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics held in Sydney, Australia, he won the gold medal in the men's Half Lightweight category. He became so the first sportsman to win an Olympics gold medal for Turkey in judo.He was born in Chechnya, in the northern Caucasus of the former...	Turkey
3.	Patrick van Kalken Patrick van Kalken Patrick van Kalken is a Dutch judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Netherlands
3.	Yordanis Arencibia Yordanis Arencibia Yordanis Arencibia Verdecia is a Cuban judoka.At the 2004 Summer Olympics he won the bronze medal in the men's half-lightweight category, together with Georgi Georgiev of Bulgaria...	Cuba
5.	Ludwing Ortiz	Venezuela
5.	Han Ji-Hwan	South Korea
7.	Kiyoshi Uematsu Kiyoshi Uematsu Kiyoshi Uematsu is a Spanish judoka. His father is Japanese and his mother is Spanish.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Spain
7.	Purevdor Nyamlkhagva	Mongolia

73 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Jimmy Pedro Jimmy Pedro James A. Pedro is one of the most successful American judo competitors ever, having even won two bronze medals in the Olympics.Pedro was the World Champion at 73 kg in 1998...	United States
2.	Vitaliy Makarov Vitaliy Makarov Vitaliy Makarov is a Russian judoka.He won a silver medal in the lightweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Russia
3.	Sebastian Pereira	Brazil
3.	Georgi Revazichvili	Georgia (country)
5.	Rafał Kozielewski	Poland
5.	Miklós Illyés Miklós Illyés -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Hungary
7.	inCarlos Méndez	Puerto Rico
7.	Anatoli Laryuxov	Belarus

81 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Graeme Randall Graeme Randall Graeme Randall is a Scottish judoka.Randall was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in March 2010. He was the second male from Great Britain ever to hold a world title in judo.-Achievements:-References:...	United Kingdom
2.	Farkhod Turaev	Uzbekistan
3.	Kwak Ok-Choi	North Korea
3.	Cho In-Chul Cho In-Chul Cho In-Chul is a two-time World Champion and two-time Olympic Medalist.He has won two olympic medals. A bronze Medal In the 1996 olympic games and a silver medal at the Sydney Olympic games as well as three medals at The World Judo Championships of which two gold and one bronze.-Personal...	South Korea
5.	Nuno Delgado Nuno Delgado Nuno Miguel Delgado is a former Portuguese judoka who became known for winning Portugal's first Olympic medal in judo – a bronze in the under-81 kg category at the 2000 Summer Olympics, in Sydney, Australia. He was also senior European champion .-External links:* * on TheJudoPodcast.eu...	Portugal
5.	Djamel Bouras Djamel Bouras Djamel Bouras is a French judoka of Algerian origin.He won a gold medal in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.- Video :* -References:...	France
7.	Maartens Arens	Netherlands
7.	Patick Reiter	Austria

90 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Hidehiko Yoshida Hidehiko Yoshida is a Japanese gold-medalist judoka and retired mixed martial artist. He is a long time veteran of Japan's Pride Fighting Championships, competing in the light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions, also managing to fight in the semi-finals in the Pride 2003 Middleweight Grand Prix...	Japan
2.	Victor Florescu Victor Florescu Victor Florescu is a Moldovan judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Moldova
3.	Yoo Sung-Yeon	South Korea
3.	Adrian Croitoru Adrian Croitoru Adrian Croitoru is a Romanian judoka.-Achievements:-References:...	Romania
5.	Carlos Honorato Carlos Honorato Carlos Eduardo Honorato is a judoka from Brazil, who won the silver medal in the middleweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Holland's Mark Huizinga.-References:*...	Brazil
5.	Sergey Sakimov	Kazakhstan
7.	Keith Morgan Keith Morgan (judoka) Keith Morgan is a male judoka from Canada, who won three medals at three different Pan American Games during his career....	Canada
7.	Yosvany Despaigne Yosvany Despaigne Yosvany Oreidis Despaigne Terry is a male judoka from Cuba, who twice won the bronze medal in the men's middleweight division at the Pan American Games ....	Cuba

100 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Kosei Inoue Kosei Inoue is a Judo practitioner from Japan. He won the gold medal in the under 100 kg class at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is well known for his specialty throws, Uchi Mata and Ōuchi gari ....	Japan
2.	Jang Sung-Ho Jang Sung-Ho Jang Sung-Ho is a male South Korean judoka who won a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. He also won a gold medal at the -100 kg category of the 2006 Asian Games....	South Korea
3.	Alexandre Mikhaylin	Russia
3.	Nicolas Gill Nicolas Gill Nicolas Gill is a judoka from Canada, who twice won an Olympic medal in his career. He first did so at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he won the bronze medal in the middleweight division...	Canada
5.	Stéphane Traineau Stéphane Traineau Stéphane Traineau is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	France
5.	Ariel Zeevi Ariel Zeevi Ariel "Arik" Ze'evi is an Israeli judoka, widely recognized as the country's most prominent judoka during the nineties and until this day....	Israel
7.	Martin van den Berg	Netherlands
7.	Leonid Svirid Leonid Svirid Leonid Svirid is a Belarusian judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Belarus

+100 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Shinichi Shinohara Shinichi Shinohara is a former jūdōka and winner of the gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham. To Shinohara's disappointment, French champion David Douillet did not compete at Birmingham due to back injury; Shinohara was quoted as saying, "Even though I lifted the double crown at the worlds,...	Japan
2.	Indrek Pertelson Indrek Pertelson Indrek Pertelson is an Estonian judoka. At the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics he won bronze medals in the men's Heavyweight category. He was born in Tallinn.-References:*...	Estonia
3.	Pan Song Pan Song Pan Song is a male Chinese judoka who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.In 2000 he finished seventh in the heavyweight competition. Four years later he was eliminated in the second round of the 2004 heavyweight tournament.-References:*...	People's Republic of China
3.	Selim Tataroğlu Selim Tataroglu Selim Tataroğlu is a Turkish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Turkey
5.	Jérôme Dreyfus Jérôme Dreyfus -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	France
5.	Frank Möller Frank Möller Frank Möller is a German judoka.He won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com*...	Germany
7.	Tamerlan Tmenov Tamerlan Tmenov -Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com* -External links:* on judovision.org...	Russia
7.	Rafał Kubacki	Poland

Open class

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Shinichi Shinohara Shinichi Shinohara is a former jūdōka and winner of the gold medal at the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham. To Shinohara's disappointment, French champion David Douillet did not compete at Birmingham due to back injury; Shinohara was quoted as saying, "Even though I lifted the double crown at the worlds,...	Japan
2.	Selim Tataroğlu Selim Tataroglu Selim Tataroğlu is a Turkish judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Turkey
3.	Dennis van der Geest Dennis van der Geest Dennis van der Geest is a Dutch judoka, who won the bronze medal in the men's heavyweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was born in Haarlem, Noord-Holland....	Netherlands
3.	Harry Van Barneveld Harry Van Barneveld Harry Van Barneveld is a former Belgian judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta he won the bronze medal in the heavyweight category.- References :...	Belgium
5.	Aleksi Davidashvili	Georgia (country)
5.	Daniel Hernandes Daniel Hernandes Daniel Andrey Hernandes is a male judoka from Brazil. He won the gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 2003 Pan American Games. In the final, he defeated Haiti's Joel Brutus. He represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics .-References: * * *...	Brazil
7.	Koba Nadiradze	Ukraine
7.	Patrice Rognon Patrice Rognon Patrice Rognon is a French judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	France

48 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Ryoko Tamura	Japan
2.	Amarilis Savón Amarilis Savón Amarilis Savón Carmenate is a Cuban judoka who has won three Olympic bronze medals.-References:*...	Cuba
3.	Sarah Nichilo-Rosso	France
3.	Anna Maria Gradante	Germany
5.	Vanesa Arenas	Spain
5.	Park Sung-Ja	South Korea
7.	Huang Lihong	People's Republic of China
7.	Victoria Dunn	United Kingdom

52 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Noriko Narasaki	Japan
2.	Legna Verdecia Legna Verdecia Legna Verdecia Rodríguez is a Cuban judoka who won Olympic medals in 1996 and 2000.-References:*...	Cuba
3.	Kye Sun-Hui	North Korea
3.	Marie-Claire Restoux Marie-Claire Restoux Marie-Claire Restoux is a French judoka, world champion and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the half lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta....	France
5.	Liu Yuxiang Liu Yuxiang Liu Yuxiang is a female Chinese judoka who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the bronze medal in the half lightweight class in 2000....	People's Republic of China
5.	Salima Souakri Salima Souakri Salima Souakri is an Algerian judoka.She finished in joint fifth place in the extra-lightweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics, having lost the bronze medal match to Yolanda Soler of Spain. She moved up to the half-lightweight division, finishing seventh in the 2000 Olympic Games and fifth...	Algeria
7.	Luce Baillargeon	Canada
7.	Deborah Allan	United Kingdom

57 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Driulis González Driulis González Driulis González Morales is a female Cuban judoka who has won four Olympic medals, including a gold medal in 1996. Because of pregnancy, she skipped the 2001 World Championships. After her son's birth González changed from weight category U57 to U63...	Cuba
2.	Isabel Fernández Isabel Fernández María Isabel Fernández Gutiérrez is a Spanish judoka. She is an Olympic champion, a world champion and six-time European champion. She won a gold medal in the lightweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, and received an Olympic bronze medal in 1996.-References:...	Spain
3.	Jessica Gal	Netherlands
3.	Michaela Vernerová	Czech Republic
5.	Pernilla Andersson	Sweden
5.	Zulfiyya Huseynova	Azerbaijan
7.	Magali Baton	France
7.	Orit Baron	Israel

63 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Keiko Maeda	Japan
2.	Gella Vandecaveye Gella Vandecaveye Gella Vandecaveye is a judoka from Belgium.At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's half-middleweight category. Four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, she captured a second medal: a bronze one in the same category...	Belgium
3.	Sara Álvarez	Spain
3.	Karen Roberts	United Kingdom
5.	Eszter Csizmadia	Hungary
5.	Celita Schutz	United States
7.	Sun Xiaofang	People's Republic of China
7.	Kenia Rodríguez	Cuba

70 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Sibelis Veranes Sibelis Veranes Sibelis Veranes Morell is a Cuban judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the gold medal in the women's Middleweight category.-References:**...	Cuba
2.	Ulla Werbrouck Ulla Werbrouck Ulla Werbrouck is a Belgian politician and former judoka.At the 1996 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal in the women's half-heavyweight category. In January 2007, she joined the newly-established right-liberal List Dedecker party and in June 2007, she was elected member of the Belgian Chamber...	Belgium
3.	Kate Howey Kate Howey Kate Louise Howey is a former British judoka, the only British judoka to have competed at four Olympic Games. Howey is also the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals...	United Kingdom
3.	Ylenia Scapin Ylenia Scapin Ylenia Scapin is an Italian judoka.She won two Olympic medals in different weight classes, in 1996 and 2000.-External links:**...	Italy
5.	Masae Ueno Masae Ueno is a Japanese female judoka who competed in the Athens 2004 Olympics and the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Ueno was born January 17, 1979 in Asahikawa Hokkaidō. In 2004, she earned Japan's fifth Olympic Gold Medal in ten events, taking the 70 kg women's judo event...	Japan
5.	Yvonne Wansart	Germany
7.	Úrsula Martín Ursula Martin Ursula Martin is a British computer scientist. She is Vice-Principal of Science and Engineering at Queen Mary, University of London and a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Computer Science there....	Spain
7.	Qin Dongya Qin Dongya Qin Dongya is a female Chinese judoka who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics.She won the bronze medal in the middleweight class.- Notes :...	People's Republic of China

78 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Noriko Anno Noriko Anno Noriko Anno is a Japanese judoka who won the gold medal in the women's -78 kg judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics. She has won gold in the World Championship at -78 kg four times, and was fifth in the -72 kg category at the 1996 Summer Olympics.-References:...	Japan
2.	Yin Yufeng	People's Republic of China
3.	Céline Lebrun Céline Lebrun Céline Lebrun is a French judoka born in Paris, France. She has competed in judo at both national and international level...	France
3.	Diadenis Luna Diadenis Luna Diadenis Luna Castellano is a Cuban judoka. At the 1996 Summer Olympics she won the bronze medal in the women's Half Heavyweight category, together with Ylenia Scapin.- References :...	Cuba
5.	Karin Kienhuis	Netherlands
5.	Kang Min-Jung	South Korea
7.	Esther San Miguel	Spain
7.	Sandra Godinho	Portugal

+78 kg

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Beata Maksymow	Poland
2.	Yuan Hua Yuan Hua Yuan Hua is a Chinese judoka and olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:...	People's Republic of China
3.	Miho Ninomiya Miho Ninomiya is a Japanese judoka.She started Judo at the age of 14.She won All-Japan judo championships 2 times （1997 - 1998）.She has also won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 and 1999 World Judo Championships....	Japan
3.	Karina Bryant Karina Bryant Karina Bryant is a British judoka.Bryant is due to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Judo Heavyweight event.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	United Kingdom
5.	Christine Cicot Christine Cicot Christine Cicot is a French judoka, Olympic medalist and world champion. She received a bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She became world champion in Paris 1997.-References:...	France
5.	?	?
7.	Colleen Rosensteel Colleen Rosensteel Colleen Rosensteel is an American judoka and a Pan American games silver medalist.Rosensteel was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania...	United States
7.	Tsvetana Bozilova	Bulgaria

Open class

Position	Judoka	Country
1.	Daima Beltrán Daima Beltran Daima Mayelis Beltrán Guisado is a Cuban judoka. At the 2000 Summer Olympics she won the silver medal in the women's Heavyweight category. She repeated that feat four years later in Athens, Greece.-References:*...	Cuba
2.	Miho Ninomiya Miho Ninomiya is a Japanese judoka.She started Judo at the age of 14.She won All-Japan judo championships 2 times （1997 - 1998）.She has also won silver and bronze medals at the 1997 and 1999 World Judo Championships....	Japan
3.	Tsvetana Bozilova	Bulgaria
3.	Choi Sook-ie	South Korea
5.	Svetlana Goundarenko	Russia
5.	Priscila Marques Priscila Marques Priscila Marques is a female judoka from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the 1999 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where she was eliminated in the second round.-References:...	Brazil
7.	Zhang Qingli Zhang Qingli Zhang Qingli was the Secretary of the Communist Party of China Tibet Autonomous Regional Committee. He is also a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Known for his tough policies in ethnic regions, Zhang has dismissed ethnic officials whom he considers unreliable...	People's Republic of China
7.	Francoise Harteveld Françoise Harteveld Françoise Harteveld is a Dutch judoka.-Achievements:-References:* on JudoInside.com...	Netherlands

External links

Competition Results - 1999 World Judo Championships (International Judo Federation)

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