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Born Fiodor Nikolayevich Tselídi on August 5, 1996, in Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia-Alania, Russia), the Greek Theódoros Tselídis came to judo late, at fourteen years old. It was in 2011, the year of the coronation of his near-lookalike from Dagestan, Tagir Khaybulaev from the U100kg category, but also of the second of three world titles for Ilias

Born on August 17, 1965 in Lyon 4th district (France), Pierre Neyra is blowing out both his sixty candles and celebrating his half-century license in this year 2025. Technical director of the Ain department for three decades, the Saint-Denis Dojo instructor has added another string to his fourth dan bow in recent years: numerous trips

Born on February 17, 1974 in Chisinau (USSR until 1991, Moldova since), Vitalie Gligor is one of those precious encounters that judo word-of-mouth makes possible. It goes back to autumn 2023, on the occasion of an extraordinary exchange with the all-too-rare Andrzej Sadej from Judo Canada. The initial topic concerned the sustanable development of judokas.

Born on June 26, 1994 in Montreal (Canada), Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard has become over the seasons, with her Olympic bronze in 2021, her two World finals in 2022 and 2025 and her nine podiums since 2015 at the Pan American Championships and Games, one of the leaders of the tremendous generation of Canadian judokas who emerged

Toma Nikiforov was born on 25 January 1993 in Schaerbeek, Belgium. Initially a robust sixteen-year-old cadet, we spent three days practicing uchi komi and randori together in May 2009 at the Maison du Judo in Lyon during the international training camp that followed the Tournoi de France. At the time, this was an essential stage