Here are some favorite photos from the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, USA (© Bob Willingham) :
Emoto (JPN) throws Vandecaveye (BEL) Nastula (POL) throws Kim Min-Soo (KOR) Cho Min-Sun throwing for Ippon Jeon Ki Young (KOR) throwing Bagdasarov (UZB) Bouras (FRA) attacking Koga (JPN) Douillet (FRA) throwing Perez (ESP) Werbrouck (BEL) throwing Tanabe (JPN)
From the 1997 World Championships (© Bob Willingham) :
Kate Howey throwing Von Rekowski for Ippon Tadahiro Nomura (JPN) – 60 kg Hyuk Kim (KOR) – 65 kg S. Vandenhende (FRA) – 61 kg David Douillet (FRA) + 95 kg
From the 1999 World Championships (© Bob Willingham) :
Driuli Gonzalez (CUB) throws Isabel Fernandez (ESP) for the gold medal Noriko Anno (JPN) throws Yufeng Yin (CHN) for gold Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN) throws Victor Florescu (MDA) for gold Keiko Maeda (JPN) throws Gella Vandecavey (BEL) for gold Jimmy Pedro (USA) throws Vitali Makarov (RUS) for gold
From the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia (© Bob Willingham) :
Tamura (JPN) throws for ippon and gold medal in women's -48kg Nomura (JPN) -60kg on his way to gold Miresmaeili (IRI) throwing Namamura Yukimasa (JPN) in men's -66kg Delgado (POR) applying armbar to Paseyro (URU) for bronze medal in -81kg Olsen (USA) throwing Croitoru (ROM) in -90kg Kosei Inoue (JPN) winning gold against Nicolas Gill (CAN) in -100kg Ato Hand (USA) vs Stephane Traineau (FRA) in -100kg Martin Boonzayer (USA) vs Vladimir Sanchez (CUB) in +100kg
From the 2003 World Masters Championships in Tokyo, Japan (© Neil Ohlenkamp):
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