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Judo
players from all over world descended on Burgess Hill, West Sussex
on the 17th and 18th of April for the 2004 British Open Championships
and British Open Championships for the Visually Impaired.
Despite
the absence of some top ranked British players Great Britain managed
to pick up two gold medals. Most surprisingly in the –70kg women’s
category where Karen Roberts easily destroyed the competition
despite moving up a weight from the –63kg, where she is Commonwealth
Champion.
Kate
Howey picked up a bronze medal in her last event on British soil.
She was being beaten by Marianne Charve of France in her third
fight but came back in the repechage to beat another French player,
Veronique Diebolt . Her last outing in front of the home crowd
proved to be a drawn out affair lasting eight minutes until Howey
finally defeated her opponent with a foot sweep. At the medal
ceremony, Kate, who has qualified the Great Britain Olympic place
in the –70kg weight category for Athens, took the opportunity
to thank everyone who had supported her in her career.
World
silver medallist, Craig Fallon made the tactical decision to move
up a weight category for the tournament switching to the –66kg.
He lost only one of his six fights and picked up a bronze medal.
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showed its strength in the women’s +78kg category picking
up gold and silver from Simone Callender and Kerry Manfredi,
and Fiona Robertson of Judo Scotland won bronze in the –48kg
weight category
Sarah
Clark only managed a 5th place after being beaten by World
Champion Daniela Krukower of Argentina in the –63kg. Clark
who is currently ranked 6 th in Europe will travel to Bucharest
in May in her last attempt to qualify the Olympic place
for Athens.
In
the largest Visually Impaired British Open ever, Great Britain
won five medals. Ben Quilter and Darren Kail dominated the
–66kg category winning the gold and bronze medals. Four
times Paralympic medallist Simon Jackson continued his reign
in the –73kg winning gold. Ian Rose won silver in the –100kg
and Maxine Ingram won silver in the women’s –63kg weight
category.
RESULTS |
©Ben
Quilter throws Jani Kalunki of Finland to take the gold
medal - BJA/Mike Varey
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Men’s –60kg
(Sponsored by the Midland area)
1. Pudwig Paischer (Austria)
2. Issam Nour (France)
3. Alexandre Cardonnel
(France)
3. Yohan Coliaux (France)
5. Damien Bomboir (Belgium)
5. Fabrice Flamand (Belgium)
7. Leon Borgsteede (Netherlands)
7. Valtteri Jokinen
(Finland)
Men's -66kg
(Sponsored by the Budokwai)
1. Mauel Mueller (Germany)
2. Pedro Dias (Portugal)
3. Craig Fallon (Great
Britain)
3. Cormao Laurent (France)
5. Raphael Boezio (Germany)
5. Stephane Trompille
(France)
7. Gareth Carder (Great
Britain)
7. Laurent Meseguer
(France)
Men's –73kg
(Sponsored by Danrho)
1. Mark Van Der Ham
(Netherlands)
2. Joao Pina (Portugal)
3. Dennis Huck (Germany)
3. Nicolas Mossion (France)
5. Andrew Korb (Germany)
5. Michael Moebius (Germany)
7. Ronald Alger (France)
7. Roman Schulze (Germany)
Men’s –81kg
(Sponsored by the Sussex County area)
1. Romann Wolska (France)
2. Denis Ogienko (Russia)
3 Dany Belliard
(France)
3. Martin Dreschsler
(Germany)
5. Matthieu Dafreville
(France)
5. Fracois Drouilly
(France)
7. Helge Molt (Germany)
7. Janne Romppanen (Finaland)
Men's -90kg
(Sponsored by the Budokwai)
1. Mehedui Jhaldoun
(France)
2. Fredric Stielmann
(France)
3. Francois Gauvin (France)
3. Valentin Knobloch
(Germany)
5. Gregoire Chevreau
(France)
5. Sven Helbing (Austria)
7. Jalal Benalla (France)
7. Irving Pengel (Netherlands)
Men's -100kg
(Sponsored by Shane Murphy)
1. Michele Monti
2. Dmitry Kabanov (Russia)
3. Nacir Dahli (France)
3. Danny Meeuwsen (Netherlands)
5. Fawri Belhadji
(France)
5. Tatsuhiko Okada (Japan)
7. Alijaz Artac (Slovenia)
7. Cyrille Etchart (France)
Men's +100kg
(Sponsored by the Southern area)
1. Suren Balachinskiy
(Russia)
2. Fred Finzelberg (Germany)
3. Willy Bilstra (Netherlands)
3. Zviad Tsiklauri (Georgia)
5. Matjaz Ceraj (Slovenia)
5. Nico Kanning (Germany)
7. Joe Delahay (Great
Britain)
7. Wolfgang Ebner (Austria)
Women’s –48kg
(Sponsored by JudoScotland)
1. Amel Bensemain (France)
2. Leen Dom (Belgium)
3. Sverine Pesch (Germany)
3. Fiona Robertson (Great
Britain)
5. Michaea Baschin (Germany)
5. Virginie Marie (France)
7. Emilie Catois (France)
7. Monia Guessoum (France)
Women's –52kg (Sponsored by Shane Murphy)
1. Caroline Lantoine
(France)
2. Ana Monteiro (Portugal)
3. Anna Marie Gradante
(Germany)
3. Marine Richard (France)
5. Mathilde Sverstre
(France)
5. Jaana Sunberg (Finland)
7. Veramaria Koenig
(Germany)
7. Shareen Richardson
(Netherlands)
Women's -57kg
(Sponsored by the North West area)
1. Valerie Degryse (Belgium)
2. Valerie Gotay (USA)
3. Irene Chevreiul (France)
3. Danie Libosan (Netherland)
5. Ines Cavalleri (Portugal)
5. Anja Wagner (Germany)
7. Leslie Bonnard (France)
7. Vaness Sylvestre
(France)
Women’s –63kg
(Sponsored by The World of Judo Magazine)
1. Daniela Krukower
(Argentina)
2. Emmanielle Toucanne
(France)
3. Bianca Geerdts (Germany)
3. Johanna Ylinen (Finland)
5. Sarah Clark (Great
Britain)
5. Katja Wagner (Germany)
7. Jana Degenhardt (Germany)
7. Grace Jviden (USA)
Women's -70kg
(Sponsored by the Western area)
1. Karen Roberts (Great
Britain)
2. Marianne Charve (France)
3. Veronique Diebolt
(France)
3. Kate Howey (Great
Britain)
5. Gisele Mendy (France)
5. Anne Morlet (France)
7. Nicky Boontje (Netherlands)
7. Jana Grenzdoerfer
(Germany)
Women's +78kg
(Sponsored by the Southern area)
1. Simone Callender
(Great Britain)
2. Kerry Manfredi (Great
Britain)
3. Sedrine Portet (France)
3. Jessica Van der Spil
(Netherlands)
5. Gertrud Mueller (Germany)
5. Frauke Vortmann (Germany)
7. Caroline Pont (Great
Britain)
7. Lindsay Tack (Belgium)
The 2004 Senior
British Open Championships for Visually Impaired (Sponsored by
the RNIB)
Men's -60kg
weight category
1. Fargeau Didier (France)
2. Norbert Bird (Hungary)
3. Justin Karn (Canada)
3. Jacky Hersant (France)
Men' -66kg weight
category
1. Ben Quilter (Great
Britain)
2. Jani Kallunki (Finland)
3. Darren Kail (Great
Britain)
Men's -73kg
weight category
1. Simon Jackson (Great
Britain)
2. Mathias Krieger (Germany)
3. Rollo Gerald (France)
3. Bequet Didier (France)
Men's -81kg
weight category
1. Cyril Junard (France)
2. Vicze Gabor (Hungary)
3. Sebastian Junk (Germany)
3. William Morgan (Canada)
Men's -100kg
weight category
1. Sebastian Le Meaux
(France)
2. Ian Rose (Great Britain)
3. Francsico Rueda (Spain)
3. Thomas Dahman (Germany)
Men's +100kg
weight category
1. Theoklitos Papachristos
(Greece)
2. Julian Taurines (France)
3. Fermin Campos (Spain)
Women's -52kg
weight category
1. Sandrine Aurieres
(France)
2. Susann Schutzel (Germany)
3. Astrid Arndnt (Germany)
3. Karima Medjeded (France)
5. Laura Garcia (Spain)
Women's -57kg
weight category
1. Ramona Brussig (Germany)
2. Elvira Kiui (Sweeden)
3. Maria Keramida (Germany)
Women's -63kg
weight category
1. Marta Arce (Spain)
2. Maxine Ingram (Great
Britain)
3. Silke Hutter (Germany)
3. Angelique Quessandier
(France)
Pool sheets and medal
tables can be found at www.ippon.org
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