J&K team for deaf clinches 1st position in World Deaf Judo Championship

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Last Updated01/11/2021

J&K team for deaf clinched 1st position in World Deaf Judo Championship held at Paris Versailles, France.
Rakshanda Mehak who is part of the Indian team for the deaf clinched the bronze medal by defeating the South Korean team in the semifinal.
The championship was held at Versailles, France from 26-30th October 2021

It is a modern Japanese martial art, a system of unarmed combat, and now primarily a sport.
Judo is not only a training of body and mind, but also a way of human formation.
Judo was created in 1882 by Jigoro Kan.

Judo is a sport which is widely played in India.
The first written record of judo in India refers to demonstrations and coaching by Japanese judoka Shinzo Takagaki in Shantiniketan, arranged by Rabindranath Tagore in 1929.
The Judo Federation of India was formed in 1965.
An Indian team participated in an international judo competition for the first time at the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, which was also the first time judo was included as an event at the Asian Games.
India won four bronze medals in its debut international judo tournament.
Indian judokas have also participated at the Olympic Games.
In the 2010 Judo World Cup in Tashkent, Thoudam Kalpana Devi of Manipur became the first Indian to win a World Cup top-three finish.
Other notable Indian Judokas include Narendra Singh, Cawas Billimoria, Akram Shah, Angom Anita Chanu, Khumujam Tombi Devi, Avtar Singh, Garima Chaudhary.

It is the national sports federation for judo in India.
It was established in 1965, and received affiliation from the International Judo Federation during the same year.
It organized the first National Judo Championship at Hyderabad in 1966.
The JFI opened its first Judo Academy in Sonepat, Haryana.
The JFI, in association with the IJF, organized a two-week judo development programme in October 2016 across 9 North Indian cities.