2025 JUDO AUSTRALIA CADET DEVELOPMENT SQUAD
With the Brisbane 2032 Olympic Games now less than eight years away, the development of current junior and cadet athletes is essential to work towards medal performances at the home Olympic Games. The Cadet Development Squad offers competition opportunities and additional coaching to develop young Australian judoka into international competitors.
Our High Performance Calendar outlines the competitions, events and opportunities for selection available each year.
HIGH PERFORMANCE CALENDAR – CADETS 2025
The National Judo High Performance program is shared model between Judo Australia and our HP partner, the Combat Institute of Australia (CombatAUS) introduced in January 2021.
This development program is designed for identified talent not yet categorised or categorised Emerging and is funded by the Australian Sports Commission through WinWell, and our athlete families.
| 2025 JUDO AUSTRALIA CADET DEVELOPMENT SQUAD | |
|---|---|
| Athlete | Club |
| Thalia Armstrong | Australian Institute of Judo – Judo WA |
| Kento Asano | Ohori Judo Club – Judo QLD |
| Noah Asman | Ohori Judo Club – Judo QLD |
| Lily De Brincat | Innisfail Judo Club – Judo QLD |
| Lisa Caravello | Shogun Hills Judo Club – Judo QLD |
| Lochlan Cook | Tiger Do – Judo NSW |
| Angus Cormack | Taketani Judo Academy – Judo VIC |
| Rika Hirose | Ohori Judo Club – Judo QLD |
| Akos Kelly | Resilience Training Centre – Judo VIC |
| Kaian Kelly | UniWA Judo Club – Judo WA |
| Hannah McHenry | Resilience Training Centre – Judo VIC |
| Bilguundalai (Billy) Nyamdorj | Budokan – Judo NSW |
| Crosby Peake | Budokan – Judo NSW |
| Max Pogreb | Taketani Judo Academy – Judo VIC |
| Lily Tai Tin | Taketani Judo Academy – Judo VIC |
| Kai Topp | Ohori Judo Club – Judo QLD |
Moving Through the Pathway Program
In order to create sustainable success for judo in Australia, it is essential that there is an adequate pathway program for young athletes who are working towards international representation.
This includes providing support for:
- Technical and tactical development
- Physical development
- Performance behaviour and psychological development
- Optimised environment to thrive and develop in
Judo Australia athletes as part of the Development Squad or categorised Emerging are under the direction of JA and can be either Cadet, Junior, or Senior depending on the international results and commitment to date.
Research shows it takes successful athletes 8-10 years to progress through the pathway and achieve senior international performances. This can only be achieved if athletes train and compete consistently from year to year and are exposed to challenges that are developmentally appropriate.
Note: A mid-year review/selection process will be conducted after the 2025 National Championships by exception only. Athletes may be added to the selected group if their performance in the first six months of the year warrants their addition.
For Further Information About the National Pathways Program:
Contact Maria Pekli – GM Pathways and Performance
maria.pekli@ausjudo.com.au
