International Judo Federation

International Judo Federation
Official website

Jurisdiction	International
Abbreviation	IJF
Founded	1951
Headquarters	Lausanne, Switzerland
President	Marius Vizer
www.ijf.org

The International Judo Federation (IJF) was founded in July 1951.^[1] The IJF was originally composed of judo federations from Europe plus Argentina.^[2] Countries from four continents were affiliated over the next ten years. Today the IJF has 200 National Federations on all continents. There are over 40 million people around the globe who practice judo, according to the IJF.^[3]

Since 2009, IJF has organized yearly World Championships and the World Judo Tour consisting of five Grand Prix, four Grand Slams, a master tournament and a Continental open tournament.

Presidents of the IJF

Aldo Torti, Italy, 1951
Risei Kano, son of Professor Kanō Jigorō, Japan, 1952–1965
Charles Palmer Great Britain, 1965–1979
Shigeyoshi Matsumae, Japan, 1979–1987
Sarkis Kaloghlian, Argentina, 1987–1989
Lawrie Hargrave, New Zealand, 1989–1991
Luis Baguena Spain, 1991–1995
Yong Sung Park, South Korea, 1995–2007
Marius Vizer, Austria, 2007– ^[4]

References

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↑ "International Judo Federation Executive Committee". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 16 July 2011.

External links

Official website

National members of the International Judo Federation

Disiplines Judo

Africa (AJU)	ALG ANG BDI BEN BOT BUR CAF CGO CHA CIV CMR COD COM CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GEQ GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR MAD MAR MLI MRI MTN MOZ NAM NIG NGR RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SUD SWZ TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZAN ZIM

Americas (PJC)	ANT ARG ARU BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON ISV IVB JAM LCA MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SKN SUR TTO URU USA VEN VIN

Asia (JUA)	AFG BAN CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MGL MYA NEP PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SIN SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM

Europe (EJU)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR

Oceania (OJU)	ASA AUS COK FIJ GUM KIR MHL MNP NCL NFK NIU NRU NZL PLW PNG PYF SAM SOL TGA VAN

Pinnacle Events Judo at the Summer Olympics World Judo Championships Judo at the Commonwealth Games

International judo

IJF World Championships Olympic Games Paralympics World Combat Games Universiade Achievements by nation

Asia	Judo Union of Asia Asian Championships East Asian Championships Asian Games Southeast Asian Games

Africa	African Judo Union African Championships All-Africa Games

Americas	Pan American Judo Confederation Pan American Championships Pan American Games South American Games

Europe	European Judo Union European Championships European Games Open Championships

Oceania	Oceania Judo Union OJU Senior Championships

Others	Commonwealth Games Francophone Games Goodwill Games Lusophony Games

International sports federations

ASOIF (28) Summer Olympics Federations	FINA (aquatic sports) WA (archery) IAAF (athletics) BWF (badminton) FIBA (basketball) AIBA (boxing) ICF (canoeing) UCI (cycling) FEI (equestrianism) FIE (fencing) FIH (field hockey) FIFA (football/soccer) IGF (golf) FIG (gymnastics) IHF (handball) IJF (judo) UIPM (modern pentathlon) FISA (rowing) WR (rugby) WS (sailing) ISSF (shooting) ITTF (table tennis) WTF (taekwondo) ITF (tennis) ITU (triathlon) FIVB (volleyball) IWF (weightlifting) UWW (wrestling)

AIOWF (7) Winter Olympics Federations	IBU (biathlon) IBSF (bobsleigh and skeleton) WCF (curling) IIHF (ice hockey) FIL (luge) ISU (skating sports) FIS (skiing sports)

ARISF (35) Others recognised by IOC	FAI (air sports) IFAF (american football) FIA (auto racing) FIB (bandy) WBSC (baseball and softball) FIPV (basque pelota) WCBS (billiard sports) CMSB (boules) WB (bowling) WBF (bridge) ICU (cheer) FIDE (chess) ICC (cricket) WDSF (dance sport) IFF (floorball) WFDF (flying disc) WKF (karate) IKF (korfball) ILSF (life saving) FIM (motorcycle sport) UIAA (mountaineering) IFMA (muay Thai) INF (netball) IOF (orienteering) FIP (polo) UIM (powerboating) IRF (racquetball) FIRS (roller sports) ISMF (ski mountaineering) IFSC (sports climbing) WSF (squash) IFS (sumo) ISA (surfing) TWIF (tug-of-war) CMAS (underwater sports) IWWF (waterski and wakeboard) IWUF (wushu)

Others in SportAccord (23)	IAF (aikido) IFBB (body building) ICSF (casting) WDF (darts) IDBF (dragon boat) FMJD (draughts) IFA (fistball) IGF (go) IFI (ice stock sport) JJIF (ju-jitsu) FIK (kendo) WAKO (kickboxing) FIL (lacrosse) WMF (minigolf) IPF (powerlifting) FIAS (sambo) FISav (savate) ISTAF (sepaktakraw) ISFF (sleddog) ISTF (soft tennis) CIPS (sport fishing)

Others (18)	WAF (arm wrestling) ARI (australian rules football) IBA (bodyboarding) PBA (bowls) IFBA (broomball) WCF (croquet) IKF (kabaddi) IMMAF (mixed martial arts) IPF (padel) IFP (poker) IPSC (practical shooting) IQA (quidditch) IFMAR (radio-controlled racing) IRF (ringette) IRF (rogaining) RLIF (rugby league) WSSA (sport stacking) ITPF (tent pegging) FIT (touch football)

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