IJF Article (www.ijf.org) – Have a look at the statistics of the Tournois de Paris, the first Grand Slam of the season. Over 350 athletes from 50 countries are fighting for medals, world ranking points and a prize money of US$ 150.000.
Male Athletes: 230
Female Athletes: 155
Total: 385
Countries: 50
Athletes per category:
-48kg: 21
-52kg: 22
-57kg: 24
-63kg: 20
-70kg: 22
-78kg: 26
+78kg: 20
-60kg: 33
-66kg: 35
-73kg: 35
-81kg: 36
-90kg: 32
-100kg: 35
+100kg: 24
Beijing 2008 Olympic Medalists present at the Paris Grand Slam:
Total: 22
Female: 11
-48kg: Yanet Bermoy (CUB), silver
-52kg: Misato Nakamura (JPN), bronze
-57kg: Ketleyn Quadros (BRA), bronze
-63kg: Elisabeth Willeboordse (NED), bronze
-70kg: Lucie Decosse (FRA), silver -63kg; Edith Bosch (NED), bronze
-78kg: Xiuli Yang (CHN), gold; Gyeong Mi Jeong (KOR), bronze; Stephanie Possamai (FRA), bronze
+78kg: Wen Tong (CHN), gold; Idalis Ortiz (CUB), bronze
Male: 11
-60kg: Ludwig Pasucger (AUT), silver; Rishod Sobirov (UZB), bronze
-66kg: Masato Ushishiba (JPN), gold; Benjamin Darbelet (FRA), silver
-73kg: Chun Ki Wang (KOR), silver; Yordanis Arencibia (CUB), bronze -66kg
-81kg: Jae-Bum Kim (KOR), bronze
-100kg: Irakli Tsirekidze (GEO), gold -90kg
+100kg: Abdullo Tangriev (UZB), silver; Teddy Riner (FRA), bronze; Oscar Brayson (CUB), bronze