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South African judo is getting more popular. Judoka Gideon Van Zyl won three African titles. Zack Piontek and Siyabulela Mabulu represented South African at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. Zack Piontek, Gideon van Zyl, Henriette Möller and Patrick Trezise were all famous South African judoka. In 2011 the World Junior Championships were organised in Cape Town by the South African Judo Federation. In 2016 the Commonwealth Championships were held in Port Elizabeth. Watch the Judo for the World video about South Africa. In 2022 a specifically designed programme called ‘Connected by Judo,’ developed in partnership with the UNHCR.

Judo legends

Judoka

Gideon Van Zyl

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
27/06/2014	1	African Championships Port Louis	U73
19/04/2013	1	African Championships Maputo	U73
05/04/2012	2	African Championships Agadir	U73
05/09/2011	2	African Games Maputo	U73
15/04/2011	1	African Championships Dakar	U73
17/04/2010	3	African Championships Yaounde	U73
18/05/2008	3	African Championships Agadir	U66

Geronay Whitebooi

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
12/03/2024	3	African Games Accra	U48
07/09/2023	3	African Championships Casablanca	U48
26/05/2022	3	African Championships Oran	U48
17/12/2020	1	African Championships Antananarivo	U48
17/08/2019	2	African Games Rabat	U48
25/04/2019	1	African Championships Cape Town	U48
14/04/2018	3	African Championships Tunis	U48

Henriette Möller

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
08/05/2004	2	African Championships Tunis	U63
07/10/2002	3	African Championships Cairo	U63
12/05/2000	3	African Championships Algiers	U63
12/09/1999	3	African Games Johannesburg	U63
26/07/1998	2	African Championships Dakar	U63
19/07/1997	1	African Championships Casablanca	U61
19/05/1996	2	African Championships South Africa	U61

Jasmine Martin

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
25/04/2024	2	African Championships Cairo	U57
12/03/2024	1	African Games Accra	U57
07/09/2023	3	African Championships Casablanca	U57
26/05/2022	3	African Championships Oran	U57
26/04/2019	3	African Championships Cape Town	U63

Sally Buckton

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
12/09/1999	2	African Games Johannesburg	U70
19/07/1997	1	African Championships Casablanca	U66
19/07/1997	3	African Championships Casablanca	OpenW
19/05/1996	3	African Championships South Africa	U66

Judoka Gideon Van Zyl

African Championships Port Louis
27/06/2014	U73	Result 1

African Championships Maputo
19/04/2013	U73	Result 1

African Championships Agadir
05/04/2012	U73	Result 2

African Games Maputo
05/09/2011	U73	Result 2

African Championships Dakar
15/04/2011	U73	Result 1

African Championships Yaounde
17/04/2010	U73	Result 3

African Championships Agadir
18/05/2008	U66	Result 3

Judoka Geronay Whitebooi

African Games Accra
12/03/2024	U48	Result 3

African Championships Casablanca
07/09/2023	U48	Result 3

African Championships Oran
26/05/2022	U48	Result 3

African Championships Antananarivo
17/12/2020	U48	Result 1

African Games Rabat
17/08/2019	U48	Result 2

African Championships Cape Town
25/04/2019	U48	Result 1

African Championships Tunis
14/04/2018	U48	Result 3

Judoka Henriette Möller

African Championships Tunis
08/05/2004	U63	Result 2

African Championships Cairo
07/10/2002	U63	Result 3

African Championships Algiers
12/05/2000	U63	Result 3

African Games Johannesburg
12/09/1999	U63	Result 3

African Championships Dakar
26/07/1998	U63	Result 2

African Championships Casablanca
19/07/1997	U61	Result 1

African Championships South Africa
19/05/1996	U61	Result 2

Judoka Jasmine Martin

African Championships Cairo
25/04/2024	U57	Result 2

African Games Accra
12/03/2024	U57	Result 1

African Championships Casablanca
07/09/2023	U57	Result 3

African Championships Oran
26/05/2022	U57	Result 3

African Championships Cape Town
26/04/2019	U63	Result 3

Judoka Sally Buckton

African Games Johannesburg
12/09/1999	U70	Result 2

African Championships Casablanca
19/07/1997	U66	Result 1

African Championships Casablanca
19/07/1997	OpenW	Result 3

African Championships South Africa
19/05/1996	U66	Result 3

Last 365 days of judo

Judoka

Geronay Whitebooi

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
08/06/2024	3	African Open Abidjan	U48
01/06/2024	2	African Open Marrakech	U48

Skye Knoester

Date	Results	Judo event	Cat.
22/02/2025	2	African Open Algiers	U63
16/11/2024	3	Pan American Open Montreal	U63

Judoka Geronay Whitebooi

African Open Abidjan
08/06/2024	U48	Result 3

African Open Marrakech
01/06/2024	U48	Result 2

Judoka Skye Knoester

African Open Algiers
22/02/2025	U63	Result 2

Pan American Open Montreal
16/11/2024	U63	Result 3

Last results

	Judo event	Type	Place	Date

1	Commonwealth Championships Port Elizabeth	CWC	Port Elizabeth	6 Aug 2023
2	African Championships Cape Town	AfC	Cape Town	25 Apr 2019
3	Commonwealth Championships Port Elizabeth	CWC	Port Elizabeth	28 Apr 2016
4	Commonwealth U21 Championships Port Elizabeth	CWJC	Port Elizabeth	27 Apr 2016
5	Commonwealth U18 Championships Port Elizabeth	ITCad	Port Elizabeth	26 Apr 2016

1.
Judo event	Commonwealth Championships Port Elizabeth
Type	CWC
Place	Port Elizabeth
Date	6 Aug 2023

2.
Judo event	African Championships Cape Town
Type	AfC
Place	Cape Town
Date	25 Apr 2019

3.
Judo event	Commonwealth Championships Port Elizabeth
Type	CWC
Place	Port Elizabeth
Date	28 Apr 2016

4.
Judo event	Commonwealth U21 Championships Port Elizabeth
Type	CWJC
Place	Port Elizabeth
Date	27 Apr 2016

5.
Judo event	Commonwealth U18 Championships Port Elizabeth
Type	ITCad
Place	Port Elizabeth
Date	26 Apr 2016

Birthdays

	Name	Birthdate	Age

1	Byron Van Der Merwe	4 Apr 1996	29 years
2	Courtney Read	7 Apr 1997	28 years
3	Lourens Jacobs	8 Apr 1984	41 years
4	Magdalena Louw	11 Apr 1995	30 years
5	Kirsten Van Der Walt	15 Apr 1994	31 years

1.
Name	Byron Van Der Merwe
Birthdate	4 Apr 1996
Age	29

2.
Name	Courtney Read
Birthdate	7 Apr 1997
Age	28

3.
Name	Lourens Jacobs
Birthdate	8 Apr 1984
Age	41

4.
Name	Magdalena Louw
Birthdate	11 Apr 1995
Age	30

5.
Name	Kirsten Van Der Walt
Birthdate	15 Apr 1994
Age	31

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