African Judo Union
Appearance
Abbreviation | AJU |
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Formation | 28 November 1961 |
Headquarters | Antananarivo, Madagascar |
Region served | Africa |
Members | 54 Judo federations |
Official languages | English French Arabic |
President | Siteny Randrianasoloniako |
Vice-Presidents | Mohamed Meridja Alfred Foloko |
General Secretary | Estony Hattingh-Pridgeon |
General Treasurer | Chafik El Kettani |
Main organ | AJU Congress |
Parent organization | IJF |
Website | africajudo.org |
The African Judo Union (AJU) is the governing body of judo in Africa. It is one of the five continental confederations making up the International Judo Federation (IJF).[1] AJU was formed on 28 November 1961 in Dakar (Senegal).[2][3] AJU has headquarters in Madagascar and consists of 54 member federations.
History
[edit]The African Judo Union was founded on 28 November 1961 in Dakar, Senegal under the name of Union Afro-Malgache de Judo (UAMJ). The first competitions were tha African Championships in 1964 in Dakar and the African Games in 1965 in Brazzaville.[4]
Tournaments
[edit]- African Judo Championships
- African Games
- African Junior Judo Championships
- African Cadet Judo Championships
- African Judo Kata Championships
- African Judo Opens
Members
[edit]The 54 members of the AJU are:[5]
- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Rep.
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo
- Côte d'Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Réunion
- Rwanda
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Uganda
- Tanzania
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Countries / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
- ^ "Le judo au Sénégal (p. 37)" (PDF). beep.ird.fr. Omar Danga Loum.
- ^ "Présidence de l'Union africaine de judo". dakaractu.com. 9 April 2021.
- ^ "L'histoire du judo au Sénégal". senegal-judo.com.
- ^ "African Judo Union Members (54)". ijf.org. 2007.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in English and French)