2025 World Junior Judo Championships in Lima: Results of Day 1

On October 5, the 2025 World Junior Judo Championships for athletes under 20 years old kicked off in Lima, the capital of Peru. On the first day, medals were contested in the men’s 60 kg and 66 kg weight categories, as well as in the women’s 48 kg, 52 kg, and 57 kg divisions.

By the end of the day, Japan’s national team claimed three gold medals. Georgia and Brazil each won one gold medal.

Day 1 Results – 2025 World Junior Judo Championships

Men

60 kg:
Retsu Matsunaga (Japan)
Yusei Adachi (Japan)
Jonathan Yang (USA) and Smariddin Kuchkarov (Uzbekistan)

66 kg:
Tornike Gigauri (Georgia)
Abdullah Parchiev (Russia)
Muhammad Musaev (Azerbaijan) and Shuntaro Fukuchi (Japan)

Women

48 kg:
Sachiyo Yoshino (Japan)
Aitana Diaz (Spain)
Laziza Khaydarova (Uzbekistan) and Annis Morgan (France)

52 kg:
Nicole Marques (Brazil)
Leomaris Ruiz (Venezuela)
Hako Fukunaga (Japan) and Nika Tebea Mecklenburg (Germany)

57 kg:
Mio Shirakane (Japan)
Dana Abdirova (Kazakhstan)
Giovanna Andrade (Brazil) and Asuka Ueno (Japan)

Team Armenia is not participating in the tournament, but two Armenian judokas are competing for other countries:
Artur Hakobyan (73 kg, Germany)
Narek Vardanyan (73 kg, Sweden)

The U17 Judo World Championships have also concluded — full results are available.