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The Greatest Judo Athlete at the Olympic Games

Who is the greatest Judoka of all time based on Olympic Games performances? We have used a weighted total medal count of each male and female Judo athlete from all modern Olympic Games to rank their overall performance, using data from all Olympics including the Tokyo 2020 Games.

The best all-time performing judo athlete at the Olympic Games is French judoka Teddy Riner. He has won three gold medals and two bronze medals between 2008 and 2021. Japanese Judoka Tadahiro Nomura is the only other judo athlete to win three gold medals.

See also the best athlete from each sport, and the best overall.

Top Olympic Games Judo Athletes

Here are the top ranked athletes from the sport of Rowing for performances at all Olympiads, using the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System to order the athletes, awarding points for both gold (6 points) and other medals (silver 2 pts, bronze 1 pt).

Table: The Top Ranked Judoka at the Olympic Games (including 2021)

rank name country gender Gold Silver Bronze total
medals
rating
1 Teddy Riner France M 3 0 2 5 20
2 Tadahiro Nomura Japan M 3 0 0 3 18

notes: initial data from wikipedia of multiple Olympic gold medalists (with at least 3 gold medals, including results from 2021). For the ranking order, we have used the Topend Sports Weighted Ranking System.



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