Medal Picks

Men

60 kg (132 lbs.)
• Ruben Houkes, Netherlands
• Hiroaki Hiraoka, Japan
• Tsagaanbaatar Khashbaatar, Mongolia
• Nestor Khergiani, Georgia
Mongolia has 15 Olympic medals but no golds.

66 kg (145 lbs.)
• Yordanis Arencibia, Cuba
• Arash Miresmaeili, Iran
• Joao Derly, Brazil
• Miklos Ungvari, Hungary
Miresmaeili was DQ'd in Athens after not making weight.

73 kg (160.5 lbs.)
• Elnur Mammadli, Azerbaijan
• Wang Ki Chun, South Korea
• David Kevkhishvili, Georgia
• Bogiev Rasul, Tajikistan
Tajikistan has never won an Olympic medal.

81 kg (178 lbs.)
• Tiago Camilo, Brazil
• Guillaume Elmont, Netherlands
• Kim Jae Bum, South Korea
• Robert Krawczyk, Poland
Camilo won 73-kg silver in Sydney at age 18.

90 kg (198 lbs.)
• Ilias Iliadis, Greece
• Irakli Tsirekidze, Georgia
• Mark Huizinga, Netherlands
• Hiroshi Izumi, Japan
Iliadis was also born in Georgia.

100 kg (220 lbs.)
• Henk Grol, Netherlands
• Daniel Hadfi, Hungary
• Luciano Correa, Brazil
• Ariel Zeevi, Israel
Three-time Euro champ Zeevi may be Israel's best athlete ever.

100+ kg (220+ lbs.)
• Tamerlan Tmenov, Russia
• Teddy Riner, France
• Satoshi Ishii, Japan
• João Gabriel Schlittler, Brazil
In '07, at 18, Riner became the youngest men's world champ.

Women

48 kg (105.5 lbs.)
• Ryoko Tani, Japan
• Alina Dumitru, Romania
• Yanet Bermoy, Cuba
• Gao Feng, China
Tani has two golds and two silvers in four Olympics.