At the 2022 Australian National Judo Championships, Budokan Judo Club made a significant contribution to NSW and Australian Judo. Budokan had 23 athletes competing in 32 divisions in all 5 age categories winning 14 medals: 5 Gold, 4 Silver and 5 Bronze.Additionally, we had 4 athletes contest 7 divisions in Kyu Grades Masters, Open Masters and No Limits winning 1 Gold and 1 Silver medal.In total the club’s athletes won 16 medals: 6 Gold, 5 Silver and 5 Bronze.Finally, 5 athletes competed in 4 Kata divisions winning 1 Gold and 3 Silver medals.Congratulations to all our athletes on your commitment and strong effort in preparing for, and in competing at this event. Thanks also to our club coaches (Kerrye – Head Junior State Coach, Rob – Assistant Junior and Senior State Coach), Dale – Kata Coach), Lubo (Referee) and Franz (Kata Judge) and our fantastic Budokan travelling circus families. Individual results for the Nationals follow:
- Nicholas Platonov (Gold Senior Boys)
- Clarissa Vumbaca (Gold Cadet Women and Gold Junior Women, Silver Senior Women)
- Will Zollinger (Gold Cadet Men)
- Josh Katz (Gold Senior Men)
- Bernhard Tandean (Gold No Limits, Silver Ju-No-Kata, Silver Nage-No-Kata, Silver Katame-No-Kata)
- Demin Cai (Gold Junior Nage-No-Kata, 5th Cadet Men)
- Aaron Xu (Gold Junior Nage-No-Kata, 7th Cadet Men)
- Ethan Zhang (Silver Junior Boys)
- Lilly Zollinger (Silver Senior Girls)
- Max Zollinger (Silver Cadet Men, 5th Junior Men)
- Lynne McCredden (Silver No Limits, Unplaced No Limits)
- Bianca Tandean (Silver Ju-No-Kata, Silver Nage-No-Kata, Bronze Cadet Women, Bronze Junior Women, 5th Senior Women)
- Bjorn Tandean (Silver Katame-No-Kata)
- Dasha Platonov (Bronze Junior Girls)
- Crosby Peake (Bronze Senior Boys)
- Phoenix Edwards (Bronze Cadet Men, 7th Senior Men, Unplaced Junior Men)
- Isaac Murkins (5th Junior Boys)
- Tamsin Black (5th Junior Girls)
- Ali Yuldashev (5th Cadet Men, 5th Junior Men)
- Marcus Liao (7th Senior Boys)
- Ben Zollinger (9th Senior Boys)
- Flynn Mogilin (9th Cadet Men, Unplaced Junior Men)
- Eva Murkins (Unplaced Senior Girls)
- Shanning Mak (Unplaced Senior Girls)
- Jaeda Liao (Unplaced Cadet Women)
- Isabella Vumbaca (Unplaced Senior Women)
- Scott Young (Unplaced Kyu Grade Masters, Unplaced Masters Men)
- Conrad van Dort (Unplaced Kyu Grade Masters, Unplaced Masters Men)