World Championships Veterans 2025Judo VeteransveteransFranceFrance JudoFrance
A Thrilling Start for the Veterans in Paris
Nov 3, 2025
by: Nicolas Messner
The opening day of the Paris World Judo Championships Veterans lived up to every expectation and then went even further. From the very first “Hajime!” to the final medal contests, the tatami at the National Judo Institute witnessed a spectacular display of skill, spirit and sportsmanship. Throughout an action-packed schedule of preliminary rounds and medal battles, the competitors delivered judo of the highest calibre, setting a remarkable tone for the rest of the championships. Here are the full results of this first day of competition.
Veterans M1
-60 kg
- 1. Angelo LANZAFAME (ITA)
- 2. Givi NADAREISHVILI (GEO)
- 3. Saintur BAT-ERDENE (MGL)
- 3. Sungat KAIRAMBEKOV (KAZ)
- 5. Adrien LUCCHESI (FRA)
- 5. Nurzhan BEISBEKOV (KAZ)
- 7. Lionel MEYRAT FRA)
-66 kg
- 1. Mike DEMIDDELE (BEL)
- 2. Daniel LOMBARDO (ITA)
- 3. Bekir SAHIN (TUR)
- 3. ikiya YAMAGUCHI (JPN)
- 5. Dauren ALDYNAZAROV (KAZ)
- 5. Dmitrii IVANOV (IJF)
- 7. Antony LUSZKA (FRA)
- 7. Christian Georges A VITAL (MAD)
-73 kg
- 1. Lucas GODOY (BRA)
- 2. Aymric GASTEUIL (FRA)
- 3. Laurens DE CABOOTER (BEL)
- 3. Alister WARD (FRA)
- 5. Gabriel DE LUCA (ITA)
- 5. Domingo Efren ROQUE ARENCIBIA (ESP)
- 7. Jonathan FOURNIER (FRA)
- 7. Antonin LARSONNIER (FRA)
-81 kg
- 1. Anzor KHMIADASHVILI (GEO)
- 2. Stanley TORRES (BRA)
- 3. Alexis RIBEIRO (FRA)
- 3. Alexandre FEREOL (FRA)
- 5. Caio BRIGIDA (BRA)
- 5. Maxime FLAMENT (FRA)
- 7. Shota OKROPIRIDZE (GEO)
- 7. Bakhrom INOYATOV (UZB)
-90 kg
- 1. Giorgi PAPUNASHVILI (GEO)
- 2. Orazaly TOLEYEV (KAZ)
- 3. Franz HAETTICH (GER)
- 3. Hannes PAEPLOW (GER)
- 5. Karol KURZEJ (POL)
- 5. Amine ADOUM HAMIT (GER)
- 7. Maxime LANDES (FRA)
- 7. Andreas LUND (DEN)
-100 kg
- 1. Milton MIRANDA (BRA)
- 2. Lukasz ITRYCH (POL)
- 3. Dragos GOGU (ROU)
- 3. Gocha ZAKRADZE (GEO)
- 5. Zviad KAPANADZE (GEO)
- 5. Bat-Erdene GARMAA (MGL)
- 7. Mircea TARAN (MDA)
- 7. Guilherme DE CARVALHO (BRA)
+100 kg
- 1. Shota ZHORZHOLIANI (GEO)
- 2. Slavik REZESIDZE (GEO)
- 3. Karim LOUNIS (FRA)
- 3. Lasha TAVELURI (GEO)
- 5. Maxence CREPY (FRA)
- 5. Geraldo COSTA (BRA)
- 7. Thomas MOREL (FRA)
- 7. Thibault CLAUSE (FRA)
Veterans M2
-60 kg
- 1. Kairat BURBASSOV (KAZ)
- 2. Meirambek YESMAGANBETOV (KAZ)
- 3. Dimitri MULADZE (GEO)
- 3. Enkhtur BEGZJAV (MGL)
- 5. Thiago REMEDIOS (BRA)
- 5. Giorgi NASKIDASHVILI (GEP)
- 7. Sandaniaina ANDRIANJAKAVELO (MAD)
- 7. Felipe Luna (BRA)
-66 kg
- 1. Raimondo DEGORTES (ITA)
- 2. Kaike ALBUQUERQUE (BRA)
- 3. Amarjargal PUREVJAV (MGL)
- 3. Daniyar TAIYR (KAZ)
- 5. Ronald OLIVEIRA (BRA)
- 5. Ganburged TOOT (MGL)
- 7. Artur AKHSAROV (IJF)
- 7. Fadel LETTAT (FRA)
-73 kg
- 1. Sebastien NOUET (FRA)
- 2. Timur KHUDAYKULOV (UZB)
- 3. Altansukh DOVDON (MGL)
- 3. Islam BAIALINOV (KGZ)
- 5. Rikiya MATSUMOTO (JPN)
- 5. Arnaud GRANTE (FRA)
- 7. Pierre MANRIC (FRA)
- 7. Pedro' NETO (BRA)
-81 kg
- 1. Kevin HAINE (BEL)
- 2. Antonino BERTOLONE (ITA)
- 3. Ankhbaatar REGDEL (MGL)
- 3. Teddy DESALEUX (FRA)
- 5. Bekzat MANASBAYEV (KAZ)
- 5. Sandro IAKOBASHVILI (GEO)
- 7. Nurbolat YSTYBAYEV (KAZ)
- 7. Alexis FORAY (FRA)
-90 kg
- 1. Osman HANCI (BEL)
- 2. Leonardo KUBO (BRA)
- 3. Kairat BEISENOV (KAZ)
- 3. Nicolas MADINIER (FRA)
- 5. Fabien FERRIER (FRA)
- 5. Denislav ZLATANOV (BUL)
- 7. Michael MAJCHRZAK (FRA)
- 7. Robin AUDEJEAN (FRA)
-100 kg
- 1. Paata GHVINIASHVILI (GEO)
- 2. Ricardo JESUS (BRA)
- 3. Fakhriddin SHARIPOV (UZB)
- 3. Gegi TAMLIANI (GEO)
- 5. Valentin RADU (ROU)
- 5. Pierre DAVID (FRA)
- 7. Farkhad RUZUKULOV (KAZ)
- 7. Thomas TANDOI (ITA)
+100 kg
- 1. Daviti LORIASHVILI (GEO)
- 2. Michal HORAK (CZE)
- 3. Gurban MAMMADLI (AZE)
- 3. Gaylord JOLLY (FRA)
- 5. Pavel GURGHIS (ITA)
- 5. Andrew MELBOURNE (GBR)
- 7. Mirbek NIIAZALIEV (SWE)
- 7. Felipe MARTIN (BRA)
