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Subject: [JudoNews] Junior World Championship Team Announced
COLORADO
SPRINGS (August 20, 2002)
- USA Judo announced
today the team that will attend the 2002 Junior World Championship on
Jeju Island, South Korea on
September 12-15, 2002. The Junior World Championship is
held in even-numbered years and is the premier event for athletes under
20 years old. It is attended by over 100 countries from all five
Continental Judo Unions.
Many of the medallists in the Junior World Championships have
subsequently won medals in the Senior World Championships and Olympic
Games. Two-time Olympian Hillary Wolf (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
won USA's only gold
medal ever at the Junior World Championships in 1994; four-time Olympian
and 1992 Olympic Bronze medallist Jason Morris (Scotia, NY), won a
Junior World Bronze medal in 1986, and three-time Olympian, 1996 Olympic
Bronze medallist and 1999 World Champion Jimmy Pedro (Lawrence,
Massachusetts) won a Bronze medal in the 1990 Junior World Championship.
In the 2000 Junior World
Championship, Sayaka Matsumoto, Richmond, California, won a silver medal
for the USA in the women's 48 kg category.
The USA Judo delegation to the 2002 Junior World Championship is given
below:
For additional information contact John Miller, 303-236-5752;
jonmira@aol.com.
Women:
48 kg Stephanie Hata, El
Cerrito, California
52 kg Liz Burns, Scotia New York
57 kg Marti Malloy, Oak
Harbor, Washington
63 kg Katie Unger, Deerfield, Illinois
70 kg Christina Yannetsos, Colorado Springs, Colorado
78 kg Nicole Kubes, Ft. Worth, Texas
+78 kg Nina Cutro-Kelly, Albany, New York
Men:
60 kg Taraje Williams-Murray, Bronx, New York
66 kg Steve Wolery, Cincinnati, Ohio
73 kg Sarkis Chivitchian, Los Angeles, California
81 kg Harry St. Leger, Brooklyn, New York
90 kg Mike Pedro, Lynn, Massachusetts
100 kg Joseph Ferguson, Hamilton, Ohio
+100 kg Kirk Hoffmann, St. Petersburg, Florida
Staff:
Coach: Jim Hrbek, Albany, New York
Assistant Coach: Derrick Kerr, Pomona, California
Manager: Paula Walker, Las Vegas, Nevada
Chief of Delegation: Fletcher Thornton, Napa, California
USA Judo Liason to Korea: Joon Chi, Edina, Minnesota
Referee: Roy Englert, Springfield, Virginua
Referee: Teri Takemori, Scotia, New York
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