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Judo Ontario Newsletter H . L u n d b e c k Judo Ontario Special points of interest: Newsletter The Rio 2016 Olym- Summer 2016 Olympic Edition pics will be from Aug. 6-12. The Rio 2016 Para- lympics will be from Road to Rio 2016 Sept. 8-10. Canada’s first Olym- pic judo medal was won in 1964 by Doug Rogers. E d i t o r : Val McIntyre [email protected] Inside this i s s u e : JO Youth 2 Academy Around the 3 World Team Canada 4 Olympic 4 History Athlete Profile 5 Tony Walby Kelita 6 Zupancic Priscilla 6 Gagne Rio Facts 7 Olympic 8 Schedule P a g e 2 Judo Ontario Youth Academy Graduation! By Carol Lin Keagan Young Sheffield recognized Sensei On Saturday, June 25th Nicholas Langlois Pedro Guedes and Sensei the Judo Ontario Youth Myles Copeland Laurie Wiltshire for their com- Academy (JOYA) cele- Candice Driscoll mitment to developing mem- brated its year end with a Alyssandra Manuel bers. Judo Ontario Presi- party and graduation at Jennifer Claus the Toronto Pan American dent, Aartje Sheffield gave Sport Centre Amir Shukle special thanks to the parents (TPASC). Celebrating its Rhiannon Lau as without their time commit- inaugural year, the gradu- Rachel Krapman ment JOYA would not have ating members are transi- Jeremy Riekstins been such a success. All of tioning to the Judo Ontario Justin Riekstins the Judoka did a great job High Performance Pro- Russel Chan and should be proud of their gram (HPP). Jessica The Olympians James Longsdale hard work on the mat! JOYA Klimkait, Canadian Na- David Teper of tomorrow tional Team member was will be resuming it's regularly Elicia Lin have graduated present to take pictures scheduled Saturday 4-6pm from the Youth and hand out certificates sessions at the Pan Am Cen- Judo Ontario Sport Academy! to the following members: tre in September. Director, Steven Photos by Peter Lau. P a g e 3 AROUND THE WORLD Ontario Athletes Abroad Kelita Zupancic (Left) - won a GOLD medal in June at the European Judo Cup - Slovenia in the -70kg division, Jessica Klimkait (blue gi) won a SILVER medal in the same competition in the –57kg class. The VI competition in Birmingham saw Priscilla Gagne (shown right) and Tony Walby both winning the BRONZE! Cadet and Junior Pan American Championships, Cordoba, Argentina Ben Kendrick -81kg—GOLD (photo right) Keagan Young -55kg—SILVER Aidos Sapenov -50kg—BRONZE Luka Khatelishvili -81kg—5th Allayah Copeland -70kg—BRONZE P a g e 4 Team Canada Announced Judo Canada’s Press Release Photo of the Rio 2016 Team Olympic Team Members: L-R Antoine Bouchard, Ecaterina Guica, Arthur Margeli- don*, Kelita Zupancic, Antoine Valois-Fortier, Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Sergio Pessoa. Not shown—Kyle Reyes. Paralympic Team Members: Priscilla Gagne, Tony Walby. *At the time this newsletter was released Arthur Margelidon had to pull out of his Olympic dream due to a wrist injury. Canadian Olympic Judo History Canada’s first Olympic judo medal was a silver medal won by Doug Rogers at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics (shown left). Twenty years later in 1984, this was followed by a bronze medal won by heavyweight Mark Berger in Los Angeles (top right). Judo Canada’s Nicholas Gill became the first Canadian judo- ka to win two Olympic medals. A bronze in 1992 in Barcelo- na and a silver at the 2000 Sydney Olympics (bottom right). Antoine Valois-Fortier won the most recent Canadian Olympic judo medal with his Doug bronze at the 2012 Games (below). Rogers P a g e 5 Tony Walby started judo at the age of seven years old. He competed as a member of the TONY WALBY national able-bodied judo team before and after the effects of cone dystrophy started to im- Paralympian 2012 and 2016 pair his vision. During this period, he earned the title of Canadian heavyweight cham- has had a crazy schedule in- mentary filmmaker Garma- pion. After a break, Tony be- cluding the British Grand Prix mie’s videos like this recent gan competing as a para ath- Games in June where he came one, https:// lete and won the gold in the in fifth and three weeks of www.youtube.com/watch? Under 90 kg at the Para Pan training camp in Montreal v=JfhUdC-LlJA . American Championships in (…and you thought Camp where Tony, his wife and 2010 and the bronze at the Budokan was tough!). A good training supporters weigh in 2011 Para Pan American way to get to know Tony is on training camp, family life, “Never give up. Games. through independent docu- and the pre-Rio journey at the Every match, With Rio approaching Tony age of 43! every win, even every loss gets you closer to J.O.: What advice or message would you give any aspiring Olympic judoka? T.W.: Never give up. Every match, every win, even every loss gets you closer to that Olympic that Olympic dream. No one is unbeatable. dream. No one is unbeatable.” J.O.: What/who inspires you? T.W.: My kids, who believe I am the man I aspire to be. ~ Tony Walby’s message to J.O.: Do you have a favourite quote or mantra? aspiring T.W.: Be better today than I was yesterday. Olympians. J.O.: What routines or rituals do you do to prepare for competition? T.W.: I go to the barber for a straight razor shave. J.O.: Do you have a message for your coach? T.W.: Andrzej, you are responsible for this. J.O.: Do you have a message for your training partner? T.W.: Mat, taking all those break falls - its not so bad, right? But seriously, thank you. I could not train the way I do without your help! J.O.: Do you have a message for your parent/partner/mentor? T.W.:Thank you. J.O.: What is your favourite judo memory? T.W.:Sunday morning warm ups with my children on the mat with me. J.O.: What are you most thankful for? T.W.:My wife and kids. J.O.: Besides the competition what other part of the Olympic experience do you look forward to? T.W.:The camaraderie with all of Team Canada in Brazil. J.O.: What sacrifices have you made to reach this point in your judo career. T.W.: My sanity ;) Follow Tony on Twitter @judowalby and share in the pre-Rio energy! P a g e 6 KELITA ZUPANCIC Olympian 2012 and 2016. Kelita Zupancic began judo at the age of 5 at the Formokan Judo Club in Oshawa. Years later, she made her Olympic debut at the London 2012 Olympic Games where she was eliminated in the second round of Olympic competition. In Rio 2016, she is determined to win a gold medal and we will be cheering her all the way! Her mantra is #sweatinggold. Her notable international results include the following: Olympic Games: 2012 – T-9th “Trying anything new for the first Pan American Games: 2015 – GOLD; 2011 – 5th time gives anyone nerves. It takes you IJF World Championships: 2015 – Rd of 32; 2014 – 7th; 2013 – Rd of 16; 2011 – Rd of out of your comfort 32; 2010 – Rd of 32 zone. Being a great athlete is about be- Pan American Championships: 2016 – SILVER; 2015 – GOLD; 2014 – SIL- ing comfortable and VER;2013 – GOLD; 2012 – BRONZE; 2011 – BRONZE; 2010 – GOLD; 2009 – uncomfortable. It is a very normal feel- BRONZE ing and just the be- Taken from www.olympic.ca ginning!” ~ Kelita Zupancic PRISCILLA GAGNE Paralympian Priscilla Gagne began judo in 2010 and had her first international suc- cess in the 2015 World Cup (Hungary) in the B1 visually impaired -52kg division. She then followed this success with a silver medal fin- ish at the 2015 Parapan American Games in Toronto. Her notable accomplishments include: 2016 British Grand Prix 52 kilos 3rd 2016 IBSA German World Cup 52 kilos 2nd 2016 IBSA World Cup Brazil 3rd 2015 Parapan Ams 52 kilos 2nd 2015 IBDA World Cup Hungary 52 kilos 3rd 2014 German Open 52 kilos 2nd 2014 Brazil Open 52 kilos 2nd Taken from www.olympic.ca P a g e 7 RIO DE JANEIRO FUN FACTS Between 1763-1960 Rio de Rio De Janeiro is named Janeiro was the capital city after a river that doesn’t of Brazil. The current exist ~ “River of January”. capital city is Brasilia. Rio’s Carnival is the Rio de Janeiro is home to largest of its kind in 6.3 million people. This is the second largest city in the world. Brazil behind Sao Paulo. P a g e 8 Judo Ontario Calendar Highlights H.Lundbeck Rio 2016 Primary Business Address Live –Stream Schedule: Address Line 2 Address Line 3 http://www.nbcolympics.com/live- Address Line 4 stream-schedule/judo?day=1 Date Male Division Female Division Saturday, August 6th -60kg -48kg S. 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