# Judo Grand Slam in Brazil

The Grand Slam tournament in Brazil is a judo tournament that was held in Rio de Janeiro from 2009 to 2012. After seven years, a Grand Slam tournament took place in Brasília in 2019.
The Russian Alim Gadanov, the French Lucie Décosse and the Dutch Elco van der Geest won in 2009 and 2010. After that, only one judoka managed to win a second title: the Russian Musa Mogushkov won in Rio de Janeiro in 2011 and in Brasília in 2019.

## Grand Slam 2009

The first Grand Slam tournament in Brazil took place on July 4th and 5th, 2009 in Rio de Janeiro. The only Brazilian winner was Daniel Hernandes in the heavyweight division.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
| Extra-lightweight | Ludwig Paischer | Frédérique Jossinet |
| Half-lightweight | Alim Gadanow | Yuka Nishida |
| Lightweight | Dirk Van Tichelt | Telma Monteiro |
| Half-middleweight | Iwan Nifontow | Claudia Malzahn |
| Middleweight | Kirill Denissow | Lucie Décosse |
| Half-heavyweight | Elco van der Geest | Céline Lebrun |
| Heavyweight | Daniel Hernandes | Mika Sugimoto |

## Grand Slam 2010

The second Grand Slam tournament in Brazil took place in Rio de Janeiro on May 22nd and 23rd, 2010. The only Brazilian winner was Hugo Pessanha in the middleweight division.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
| Extra-lightweight | Hiroaki Hiraoka | Tomoko Fukumi |
| Half-lightweight | Alim Gadanow | Misato Nakamura |
| Lightweight | Hiroyuki Akimoto | Kaori Matsumoto |
| Half-middleweight | Tomislav Marijanović | Yoshie Ueno |
| Middleweight | Hugo Pessanha | Lucie Décosse |
| Half-heavyweight | Elco van der Geest | Ruika Satō |
| Heavyweight | Kazuhiko Takahashi | Lucija Polavder |

## Grand Slam 2011

The third Grand Slam tournament in Brazil took place on June 18 and 19, 2011 in Rio de Janeiro. Four Brazilian judokas won: Érika Miranda, Leandro Guilheiro, Mayra Aguiar and João Schlittler.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
| Extra-lightweight | Hirofumi Yamamoto | Haruna Asami |
| Half-lightweight | Musa Moguschkow | Érika Miranda |
| Lightweight | Riki Nakaya | Corina Stefan |
| Half-middleweight | Leandro Guilheiro | Kana Abe |
| Middleweight | Takashi Ono | Yoriko Kunihara |
| Half-heavyweight | Takamasa Anai | Mayra Aguiar |
| Heavyweight | João Schlittler | Megumi Tachimoto |

## Grand Slam 2012

The fourth Grand Slam tournament in Brazil took place in Rio de Janeiro on June 9th and 10th, 2012. Five Brazilian judokas won: Eleudis Valentim, Marcelo Contini, Victor Penalber, Mariana Barros and Nadia Merli. After Japanese judokas had won eight times in 2010 and 2011, this time there were no Japanese judokas.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
| Extra-lightweight | Bekir Ozlu | Paula Pareto |
| Half-lightweight | Denis Lawrentiew | Eleudis Valentim |
| Lightweight | Marcelo Contini | Jovana Rogić |
| Half-middleweight | Victor Penalber | Mariana Barros |
| Middleweight | Warlam Liparteliani | Nadia Merli |
| Half-heavyweight | Irakli Zirekidse | Kayla Harrison |
| Heavyweight | Adam Okruaschwili | Vanessa Martina Zambotti |

## Grand Slam 2019

After a seven-year break, a Grand Slam tournament took place in Brazil again in 2019. This was held in Brasília from October 6th to 8th. Four Brazilian judokas won: Allan Kuwabara, Daniel Cargnin, Ketleyn Quadros and Beatriz Souza.
| Weight class | Men | Women |
| Extra-lightweight | Allan Kuwabara | Catarina Costa |
| Half-lightweight | Daniel Cargnin | Odette Giuffrida |
| Half-middleweight | Musa Moguschkow | Nekoda Smythe-Davis |
| Halbmittelgewicht | Takanori Nagase | Ketleyn Quadros |
| Middleweight | Nikoloz Sherazadishvili | Yuri Alvear |
| Half-heavyweight | Kentaro Iida | Kaliema Antomarchi |
| Heavyweight | Teddy Riner | Beatriz Souza |