JUDO: Germany leads with seven medals to headline Marrakesh Grand Prix

France's Amandine Buchard Nordmeyer (Photo: IJF/Emanuele Di Feliciatonio)

A very large field of 440 judoka fought in the Marrakesh Grand Prix, with Germany leading the medal table with two wins and seven total medals.

Three countries had two wins: Uzbekistan, France and Germany, and the lone no. 1-ranked fighter in the field won her division: France’s Amandine Buchard Nordmeyer at 52 kg. Summaries:

IJF World Tour/Marrakesh Grand Prix
Marrakesh (MAR) ~ 9-10 March 2019
(Full results here)

Men

-60 kg: 1. Sharafuddin Lutfillaev (UZB); 2. Artem Lesiuk (UKR); 3. Amiran Papinashvili (GEO) and Yanislav Gerchev (BUL).

-66 kg: 1. Sardor Nurillaev (UZB); 2. Mohamed Abdelmawgoud (EGY); 3. Yerlan Serikzhanov (KAZ) and Sebastian Seidl (GER).

-73 kg: 1. Denis Iartcev (RUS); 2. Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO; 3. Khikmatillokh Turaev (UZB) and Antoine Bouchard (CAN).

-81 kg: 1. Ivaylo Ivanov (BUL); 2. Vedat Albayrak (TUR); 3. Damian Szwarnowiecki (POL) and Alexios Ntanatsdis (GRE).

-90 kg: 1. Nemanja Majdov (SRB); 2. Eduard Trippel (GER); 3. Quedjau Nhabali (UKR) and Robert Florentino (DOM).

-100 kg: 1. Benjamin Fletcher (IRL); 2. Toma Nikiforov (BEL); 3. Kayhan Ozcicek-Takagi (AUS) and Mukhammadkarim Khurramov (UZB).

+100 kg: 1. Sven Heinle (GER); 2. Yerassyl Kazhybayev (KAZ); 3. Andril Kolesnyk (UKR) and Temur Rakhimov TJK).

Women

-48 kg: 1. Julia Figueroa (ESP); 2. Monica Ungureanu (ROU); 3. Melanie Clement (FRA) and Katharina Menz (GER).

-52 kg: 1. Amandine Buchard Nordmeyer (FRA); 3. Estrella Lopez Sheriff (ESP) and Gefen Primo (ISR).

-57 kg: 1. Chen-Ling Lien (TPE); 2. Anna Borowska (POL); 3. Timna Nelson Levy (ISR) and Hedvig Karakas (HUN).

-63 kg: 1. Andreja Leski (SLO); 2. Katharina Haecker (AUS); 3. Geke van den Berg (NED) and Lubjana Piovesana (GBR).

-70 kg: 1. Margaux Pinot (FRA); 2. Megan Fletcher (IRL); 3. Laura Vargas Koch (GER) and Elisavet Teltsidou (GRE).

-78 kg: 1. Anna Maria Wagner (GER); 2. Loriana Kuka (KOS); 3. Patricia Sampaio (POR) and Luisa Malzahn (GER).

+78 kg: 1. Kayra Sayit (TUR); 2. Tessie Savelkouls (NED); 3. Hortence Vanessa Mballa Atagana (CMR) and Nihel Cheikh Rouhou (TUN).