A total of 174 judoka from eight federal states and 40 clubs fought for the Austrian State Championships on the weekend of October 14th and 15th in the Eferding sports hall.
EFERDING. With Katharina Tanzer (SU Noricum Leibnitz/ST), Lubjana Piovesana (LZ Hohenems/V), Magdalena Krssakova (JC Sirvan/W), Maria Höllwart (ESV Sanjindo Bischofshofen/S), Daniel Leutgeb (LZ Multikraft Wels/OÖ), Florian Doppelhammer (UJZ Mühlviertel/OÖ), Wachid Borchashvili (LZ Muhltikraft Wels/OÖ), Adam Borchashvilli (M&R Galaxy Judo Tigers/W), Thomas Scharfetter (ESV Sanjindo Bischofshofen/S), Laurin Böhler (LZ Hohenems/V) and Movli Borchashvilli (M&R Galaxy Judo Tigers/W), eleven of the 15 European Championship starters will be competing for Montpellier from November 3rd to 5th.
Only the Olympic medalists Michaela Polleres, Shamil Borchashvili, Junior World Championships bronze medalist Elena Dengg and Aaron Fara are absent. U-23 athlete Vache Adamyan is also injured – he will also have to miss the weekend. The organizer is the Upper Austria regional association on behalf of Judo Austria.
Facts and figures about the state championships in Eferding
Carinthia was the only federal state not to have a club represented in Eferding. Compared to the last state championship, on October 1, 2022 in Weiz, Styria, participation has increased by a whopping 35 percent. 48 women and 80 men took part; 64 women and 110 men are expected in Upper Austria this weekend.
The largest contingents of athletes from the 40 clubs are UJZ Mühlviertel, M&R Galaxy Judo Tigers and ESV Sanjindo Bischofshofen.
The youngest starter is 15-year-old Gabriel Schörg (Judokids Awiar/W) and the oldest starter is 40-year-old Daniel Maß (Union Eichfeld/ST) – both compete in the category up to 73 kg, so they could also meet each other.
The -73 kilogram class is quantitatively the best among men with 26 starters – among women it is the category up to 63 kilograms with 14 participants. The -90 kg class is undoubtedly the highest class: with the European Championship starters Wachid Borchashvili, Adam Borchashvilli, Thomas Scharfetter as well as the young talents Aslan Papoyan and Bernd Fasching, a quintet is fighting for the title and podium places. The defending champions have announced their presence in no less than eleven of 14 weight classes.
What is prevented are:
Rosalie Wöss (-63/Askö Reichraming/Upper Austria) Elena Dengg (-70/ESV Sanjindo Bischofshofen/S) Lukas Reiter (-73/JC Wimpassing Sparkasse/Lower Austria)
General information:
On Saturday the 14 individual competitions are on the program from 9:30 a.m., followed on Sunday by the mixed team competitions in the general class and under 16 year olds from 10:30 a.m. There are seven teams in each mixed team championship.
To the ladies
In the women’s heavyweight division (+78), only two participants are named: Maria Höllwart (ESV Sanjindo Bischofshofen/S) and Helene Schrattenholzer (Judounion Klosterneuburg/Lower Austria). The final for gold has already been decided. If Maria Höllwart wins, it would be her third championship title in a row. The men also have a starter in Movli Borchashvilli (+100/M&R Galaxy Tigers/W), who could be crowned (state) champion for the third time in a row.
2023-10-13 13:03:49
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