Wednesday, July 15, 2009

CLUB OLYMPIA JUDO TEAM TOP THREE IN THE UNITED STATES


The Club Olympia judo team traveled to San Francisco July 11-12 to compete in the Junior National Judo Championships. Over six hundred competitors from throughout the United States participated in the event. Eight competitors represented Fond du Lac, bringing home a National Champion and four other top three finishes. Spencer Depies was crowned national champion in the boy’s intermediate division. Cody Kollmann and Mitchell Raube won second place and a silver medal with Grant Johnson and Mason Steffes winning the third place bronze medal. Hannah Wright captured fourth. Hunter Kollmann and Lauren DeSmidt also competed.

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The "Real" First Womens Judo Olympic Medal

Below are pics of the Silver Medal earned by Lynn Roethke in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul during the debut of Women's Judo. For more on Lynn's story please visit the link below.

http://www.setthestageforsuccess.com/articles/17254/1/Sometimes-You-Have-to-Lose-to-Win---The-Story-of-Lynn-Roethke/Page1.html

Judo Video