Judo champions crowned

SPORTS REPORTER



Approximately 80 participants from different clubs (Windhoek Judo Club, Unam Judo Club, DHPS Judo Club and Walvis Bay Judo Club) competed in the different categories (beginners, cadets, juniors and seniors).

The Namibian national team will be selected from the winners in this competition in order to represent Namibian Judo in next year’s Under-20 Championships and Youth World Games in Botswana, as well as to participate in the South African Open Championships.

The competition was a huge success and was opened by the chief administrator of the Namibia National Sports Commission, Freddy Mwiya, who said the commission had embarked on categorisation and talent identification in all sports codes with the main aim of developing sportsmen and sportswomen in order to represent Namibia at international level in the different sports disciplines.

Here are the names of the medal winners in the different weight categories:

Female 8/9 years under 30kg: Jana Mutschler (gold), Leandra Sonntag (silver).

Female 9/10 years under 35kg: Magdalene Rapp (gold / trophy for best beginner female), Aziza Sain (silver), Mia von Dewitz (bronze).

Female 10/11 years under 35kg: Sina Denk (gold / trophy best cadet female), Caitlin Bosman (silver), Amelia Durrschmidt (bronze).

Female 10/11 years under 41kg: Tatiana Talmage (gold).

Female under 17 years under 69kg: Courtney Mouton (gold / trophy for best junior female).

Female 18 years under 60kg: Lieselotte Kroos (gold / trophy for best senior female).

Male 6 years under 26kg: Alfonso Gomes (gold), Kabelo Hekandjo (silver), Fynn Middleton (bronze).

Male 8 years under 26kg: Akira von Hees (gold), Jano Fourie (silver).

Male 8 years under 36kg: Shura Ryvkine (gold), Arison Van Rooi (silver), Gero Friederich (bronze).

Male 8 years under 31kg: Leon van Heerden (gold / trophy for best cadet male), Gero Friederich (silver), Leo Scholtz (bronze).

Male 7 years under 30kg: Stephan Boonzaaier (gold) Trophy Best Beginner Male, Florian Stein (silver), Georg Schunemann (bronze), Chalie Durrschmidt (bronze).

Male 9 years under 30kg: Max Seefeldt (gold), Duncan Tubbesing (silver), Ethan Nichols (bronze).

Male 9 years under 32kg: Samuel Hocht (gold), Linus Stritter (silver)

Male 10/11 years under 35kg: Edo Daun (gold), Nathan Jansen (silver), Oliver von Hacht (bronze).

Male 10/11 years under 51kg: Nkosi Hekandjo (gold).

Male 11/12 years under 45kg: Deik Daun (gold), Sydney Nakamhela (silver).

Male 11 years under 38kg: Lorenz Denk (gold), Yury Ryvkine (silver)

Male 12/13/14 years under 46kg: Roman Bock (gold trophy for best junior male), Bjorn Metzger (silver), Azario Cloete (bronze), Natangwe Iiyambo (bronze).

Male 14/15 years under 63kg: Ricardo von Flotow (gold), Gerzano Mouton (silver).

Male 14 years under 92kg: Ilongeni Kanita (gold).

Male 14 years under 73kg: Konstantin Schindler (gold)

Male 13 years under 80kg: Tariq Stelmacher (gold).

Male 17/18 years under 60kg: Jeremy Fredericks (gold), Granville Olkers (silver).

Male 15/16 years under 56kg: Judrihano Thuys (gold), Olaf Vries (silver), Alex Carballo (bronze).

Male 16/17 years under 76kg: Quin Stelmacher (gold), Cerano Saunderson (silver).

Senior Male under 60kg: Ian Esau (gold trophy and best senior male), Judrihano Thuys (silver), Erastus Kalumbu (bronze), Dylan Britz (bronze).

Senior Male under 70kg: Vatiraije Tjitueja (gold), Irne Augustino (silver).

Senior Male under 80kg: Rowan Esau (gold), Joao Bastos (silver).

Senior Male under 76kg: Joao Sambo Capito (gold).

Senior Male under 90kg: Johan Pieterse (gold).

Masters Male under 100kg: Henry Cookson (gold).