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Albanian judoka Erisa Brahimaj wins gold medal in Junior European Cup

Pandi Skaka — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 09:26:49 +0000

TIRANA, August 21/ATA/ Albanian judoka Erisa Brahimaj is the winner of the gold medal in judo in Skopje Junior European Cup.

The Albanian National Olympic Committee reported today that the judoka, trained by coach Shkurt Çullhaj, competed in the weight up to 57 kg and managed to win 4 matches against very strong opponents.

The other Albanian judoka Kasandra Kovaçi was ranked fifth in the 63 kg category.

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Distria Krasniqi, best judoka in world

Pandi Skaka — Mon, 15 May 2023 14:43:52 +0000

PRISHTINA, May 15/ATA/ Distria Krasniqi is already the best judoka in the world for the category up to 52 kilograms.

This is what the latest ranking of the International Judo Federation shows, according to which the Kosovar judoka has collected 7,275 points, leaving behind the British judoka, Chelsie Giles, who received 7010 points and the Japanese judoka Uta Abe, who has 6,800 points, reported the KosovaPress.

Krasniqi is an Olympic medalist from the “Tokyo 2020” Olympic Games, but she has also won a large number of European and world medals./KosovaPress/p.s./

Distria Krasniqi triumphs in Jerusalem, gets her fourth medal

Pandi Skaka — Wed, 21 Dec 2022 21:10:51 +0000

TIRANA, December 21 /ATA/ Kosovar judoka Distria Krasniqi won the gold medal at the “World Judo Masters”. This was her fourth gold medal. The Judo Federation in Kosovo announced that Krasniqi defeated the British Chelsie Giles in the final, in the category up to 52 kilograms, gaining 1800 Olympic points in the world ranking.

The 27-year-old passed the first round without a fight, as she defeated the Spaniard Ana Perez Box. In the semi-finals, she won against Reka Pupp from Hungary.

The Kosovar judoka has won several medals this year, including three gold medals, one at the Grand Prix of Portugal, one at the Grand Slam of Tbilisi and one at the Mediterranean Games in Oran.

Currently, Krasniqi is seventh in the world ranking of judo, but is expected to advance several positions, after the success in Kuds. The Kosovar team is participating with four athletes in the big Masters competition, with Krasniqi, Nora Gjakova, Laura Fazliu and Loriana Kukaj. Nora Gjakova claims to win the bronze medal.

58 countries and 367 contestants participate in this prestigious competition.

Kosovar Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports congratulated Krasniqi. With a message on social networks, Hajrulla Çeku said: “Our Distria, four times gold, in the Judo Masters “Jerusalem 2022″, one of the biggest judo competitions, where only the best in the category participate.” /j.p/p.s./

Judoka Distria Krasniqi wins gold medal in Grand Prix Almada of Portugal

Pandi Skaka — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 20:43:04 +0000

PRISTINA, January 28 /ATA/ Kosovar judoka Distria Krasniqi has made a good start of the year by winning the gold medal in the Grand Prix Almada of Portugal. The Olympic champion triumphed defeating the Croatian Ana Viktorija Puljiz in the final.

In context of up to 52 kilograms the category, Krasniqi defeated in the semifinals the judoka from Portugal Joana Diogo, while the latter defeated in the second round the Kosovar judoka Erza Muminovic.

In the quarterfinals she defeated the Spanish Ariane Toro Soler.

The Kosovar judoka defeated in the second round the French Leonie Gonzalez./ KosovaPress /p.s./