The U17 European Judo Championships Have Started: First Winners and Medalists Announced

On June 26, the 2025 European U17 Judo Championships kicked off in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. On the first day of competition, medals were contested in the men’s -50 kg, -55 kg, and -60 kg weight categories, as well as the women’s -40 kg, -44 kg, and -48 kg divisions.

Armenian judokas went without medals on this day:

• 50 kg: Narek Davtyan defeated a Moldovan opponent but lost to a French athlete in the next round.

• 55 kg: Shavarsh Naapetyan lost his opening match to a Moldovan judoka.

• 60 kg: Khachatur Jangryan began with a win over a Greek athlete, but was eliminated in the second round by a Hungarian competitor.

However, representing the Russian team, Armenian judoka Artur Sargsyan secured a bronze medal in the -55 kg category.

On the first day, Azerbaijani judokas won three gold medals in the boys’ division. One gold each also went to athletes from Turkey, Russia, and Poland.

Full Day 1 Results – U17 European Judo Championships

Boys:

• 50 kg:

  1. Anar Guliyev (Azerbaijan)

  2. Julius Kitagawa (Germany)

  3. Ilya Toptygin (Russia), Coen Gilbert (UK)

• 55 kg:

  1. Rasul Alizada (Azerbaijan)

  2. Matteo Gualandi (Italy)

  3. Artur Sargsyan (Russia), Titouan Lucas (France)

• 60 kg:

  1. Zeyd Alasgarov (Azerbaijan)

  2. Tsotne Ichkitidze (Georgia)

  3. Ferenc Fedora (Hungary), Raffaele Sodano (Italy)

Girls:

• 40 kg:

  1. Yuksel Sema Nur (Turkey)

  2. Yagmar Yilmazturk (Turkey)

  3. Fenne Pieters (Belgium), Emilia Saifutdinova (Russia)

• 44 kg:

  1. Nadezhda Mishenkina (Russia)

  2. Livanur Kayir (Turkey)

  3. Sandra Walendzik (Poland), Gulshan Huseynova (Azerbaijan)

• 48 kg:

  1. Barbara Twarowska (Poland)

  2. Narmin Agamirzazade (Azerbaijan)

  3. Leyla Alakbarova (Azerbaijan), Ayora Martin Carriches (Spain)

Tomorrow, Armenian participants will compete in:

• 66 kg: Garik Malkhasyan

• 66 kg: Hakob Umrshadyan

• 73 kg: Gor Galstyan

• 73 kg: Tigran Sarukhanyan