# 2021 World Judo Juniors Championships

The 2021 World Judo Juniors Championships was held between 6 and 10 October 2021 in Olbia, Italy. On its last day, the contest featured the 2021 World Juniors Mixed Team Championships.

## Event videos

The event aired freely on the IJF YouTube channel.
| | Weight classes | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Final Block |
| Day 1 | Men: -60, -66 Women: -48, -52 | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated |
| Day 1 | Men: -60, -66 Women: -48, -52 | Tatami 1 | Tatami 2 | Tatami 3 | Commentated |
| Day 2 | Men: -73 Women: -57, -63 | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated |
| Day 2 | Men: -73 Women: -57, -63 | Tatami 1 | Tatami 2 | Tatami 3 | Commentated |
| Day 3 | Men: -81, -90 Women: -70 | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated |
| Day 3 | Men: -81, -90 Women: -70 | Tatami 1 | Tatami 2 | Tatami 3 | Commentated |
| Day 4 | Men: -100, +100 Women: -78, +78 | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated |
| Day 4 | Men: -100, +100 Women: -78, +78 | Tatami 1 | Tatami 2 | Tatami 3 | Commentated |
| Day 5 | Mixed Teams | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated | Commentated |
| Day 5 | Mixed Teams | Tatami 1 | Tatami 2 | Tatami 3 | Commentated |

## Medalists
### Men

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| −60 kg | Giorgi Sardalashvili | Turan Bayramov | Romain Valadier-Picard |
| −60 kg | Giorgi Sardalashvili | Turan Bayramov | Sherzod Davlatov |
| −66 kg | Abrek Naguchev | Lennart Slamberger | Maxime Gobert |
| −66 kg | Abrek Naguchev | Lennart Slamberger | Yevhen Honcharko |
| −73 kg | Adrian Şulcă | Umalt Demirel | Luigi Centracchio |
| −73 kg | Adrian Şulcă | Umalt Demirel | Daniel Pochop |
| −81 kg | Giorgi Sherazadishvili | Adam Tsechoev | Eljan Hajiyev |
| −81 kg | Giorgi Sherazadishvili | Adam Tsechoev | Artem Bubyr |
| −90 kg | Péter Sáfrány | Tigo Renes | Adam Sangariev |
| −90 kg | Péter Sáfrány | Tigo Renes | Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou |
| −100 kg | Ilia Sulamanidze | Sukhrob Rajabov | Matvey Kanikovskiy |
| −100 kg | Ilia Sulamanidze | Sukhrob Rajabov | Utkirbek Turoboyev |
| +100 kg | Saba Inaneishvili | Richárd Sipőcz | Irakli Demetrashvili |
| +100 kg | Saba Inaneishvili | Richárd Sipőcz | Yvo Witassek |

### Women

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| −48 kg | Assunta Scutto | Irena Khubulova | Asia Avanzato |
| −48 kg | Assunta Scutto | Irena Khubulova | Rafaela Batista |
| −52 kg | Chloé Devictor | Giulia Carnà | Binta Ndiaye |
| −52 kg | Chloé Devictor | Giulia Carnà | Erza Muminoviq |
| −57 kg | Kseniia Galitskaia | Kerem Primo [he] | Faïza Mokdar |
| −57 kg | Kseniia Galitskaia | Kerem Primo [he] | Özlem Yıldız |
| −63 kg | Joanne van Lieshout | Laura Vázquez | Brigitta Varga |
| −63 kg | Joanne van Lieshout | Laura Vázquez | Katarina Krišto |
| −70 kg | Ai Tsunoda | Lara Cvjetko | Luana Carvalho |
| −70 kg | Ai Tsunoda | Lara Cvjetko | Katarzyna Sobierajska |
| −78 kg | Anna Monta Olek | Yael van Heemst | Raffaela Igl |
| −78 kg | Anna Monta Olek | Yael van Heemst | Eliza Ramos |
| +78 kg | Coralie Hayme | Marit Kamps | Hilal Öztürk |
| +78 kg | Coralie Hayme | Marit Kamps | Léa Fontaine |

### Mixed

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Mixed team | France Maxime Gobert Joan-Benjamin Gaba Francis Damier Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou Khamzat Saparbaev Tieman Diaby Faïza Mokdar Martha Fawaz Mélodie Turpin Kaila Issoufi Léa Fontaine Coralie Haime | Russia Omar Gaev Dmitrii Iakushev Sergei Eroshenko Daniil Dranovskii Saikhan Shabikhanov Akhmed Magomedov Natalia Elkina Alana Alborova Oksana Kobeleva Anastasiia Kholodilina Daria Vasileva Iana Elkanova | Turkey Muhammed Demirel Umalt Demirel Ömer Aydın Ahmet Çuhadar Münir Ertuğ Hasret Bozkurt Özlem Yıldız Habibe Afyonly Ayten Yeksan Hilal Öztürk |
| Mixed team | France Maxime Gobert Joan-Benjamin Gaba Francis Damier Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou Khamzat Saparbaev Tieman Diaby Faïza Mokdar Martha Fawaz Mélodie Turpin Kaila Issoufi Léa Fontaine Coralie Haime | Russia Omar Gaev Dmitrii Iakushev Sergei Eroshenko Daniil Dranovskii Saikhan Shabikhanov Akhmed Magomedov Natalia Elkina Alana Alborova Oksana Kobeleva Anastasiia Kholodilina Daria Vasileva Iana Elkanova | Germany Yerrick Schriever Jano Ruebo Losseni Kone Fabian Kansy Daniel Udsilauri Alexe Wagemaker Laila Göbel Friederike Stolze Samira Bock Anna Monta Olek Elisabeth Pflugbeil |

## Medal table

* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Georgia (GEO) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 3 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA)* | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Hungary (HUN) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Romania (ROU) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Turkey (TUR) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan (UZB) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Israel (ISR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Kosovo (KOS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (21 entries) | Totals (21 entries) | 15 | 15 | 30 | 60 |
* "2021 World Junior Championships – Standings". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
* "2021 World Junior Championships – Teams – Results". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2021.

## Prize money

The sums written are per medalist. (retrieved from:)
| Medal | Total | Judoka | Coach |
| Gold | 2,500$ | 2,000$ | 500$ |
| Silver | 1,500$ | 1,200$ | 300$ |
| Bronze | 850$ | 680$ | 170$ |

## Participating nations

490 from 72 nations:
* Algeria (3)
* Argentina (5)
* Austria (3)
* Azerbaijan (8)
* Belgium (7)
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (2)
* Brazil (13)
* Bulgaria (4)
* Canada (7)
* Cape Verde (1)
* Chile (3)
* Chinese Taipei (1)
* Croatia (4)
* Cyprus (7)
* Czech Republic (5)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Ecuador (5)
* Estonia (5)
* Finland (3)
* France (18)
* Georgia (13)
* Germany (16)
* Great Britain (7)
* Greece (8)
* Guam (1)
* Guatemala (1)
* Guinea (1)
* Hong Kong (1)
* Hungary (16)
* Iceland (2)
* India (14)
* Israel (11)
* Italy (31)
* Kazakhstan (17)
* Kenya (6)
* Kosovo (2)
* Kuwait (6)
* Kyrgyzstan (8)
* Latvia (4)
* Lebanon (3)
* Lithuania (5)
* Mexico (16)
* Mongolia (9)
* Morocco (4)
* Mozambique (2)
* Netherlands (10)
* Norway (2)
* Paraguay (4)
* Peru (4)
* Poland (4)
* Portugal (8)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* South Korea (4)
* Moldova (9)
* Romania (4)
* Russia (18)
* Saudi Arabia (6)
* Senegal (2)
* Serbia (1)
* Slovakia (3)
* Slovenia (3)
* South Africa (4)
* Spain (9)
* Sweden (3)
* Switzerland (3)
* Tajikistan (7)
* Tunisia (7)
* Turkey (11)
* Ukraine (14)
* United States (17)
* Uzbekistan (17)
* Venezuela (4)