Congratulations to our 2025 National Judo Champions

Friendship, respect and the spirit of Judo on show at Nationals 2025. (Photo: Alvin Au.)

Competition has ended in the 2025 Judo Australia National Championships, with new champions awarded across the two time-honoured forms of judo competition – kata and shiai – across more than 100 weight and age divisions.

Congratulations to all our new champions from around Australia.  For a full list of all medalists and placegetters, across Kata and all Shiai divisions, click HERE.

Following the intense competition at Nationals, many of the athletes returned to the mat for further skills development at the two-day National Randori Camp. In the break, Judo Australia’s J-Girls program saw women and girls from around the country gather for some female-only fun, while a Veterans-only session took place afterwards.

Enjoy this cross-section of photographs caught by Alvin Au of APhotoStudio/Momentum Images, a tiny percentage of those available for purchase via his website. Also capturing moments at Nationals were Kahlil Talledo, and Rian Cloete's RC SportPhoto.

2025 NATIONAL JUDO CHAMPIONS:

Kata National Champions:

Junior Nage no Kata: Tania Chen and Alicia Wang of New South Wales

Nage no Kata: Carla Johnson and Lewis Willing, Tasmania

Katame no Kata: Bernhard Tandean and Alex Malinowksi, New South Wales

Kime no Kata: Lorivaldo Paz Landim Jr and Palilavong Phouphayly, Queensland

Ju no Kata: Bernard Tandean and Bianca Tandean, New South Wales

Kodokan Goshin Jutsu: Sam Manu and Palilavong Phouphayly of Queensland

Veteran Men and Women:

U60M1 Luke Jones of Queensland

U66M1 Chen Yong Voon of South Australia

U73M1 Giulioantonio Gerace of Western Australia

O100M1 Jake Hitchens of Tasmania

U73M2 Thomas Lee of Victoria

U78F2 Isabell Richardson of Western Australia

U81M2 Erik Rand of the Australian Capital Territory

U90M2 Diogo Rodrigues De Souso of Queensland

U48F3 Yumiko Hayashi of Queensland

U73M3 Matthew D’Aquino of the Australian Capital Territory

O78F3 Bianca Visser of South Australia

U81M3 Priscus Fogagnolo of Tasmania

U90M3 Alexander Stojcevski of Victoria

U100M3 Ian Ludgero of Western Australia

O100M3 Max Gittus of Tasmania

U63F4 Krystal Thompson of Western Australia

U66M4 Richard Mathews of New South Wales

U73M4 Benjamin Agurto Vilches of Western Australia

U73M5 Martin O’Dea of Western Australia

U90M5 Scott Steer of Queensland

U66M6 Charles Laidlaw of New South Wales

U90M6 Clive Simmonds of New South Wales

U100M6 Alexei Petratchkov of Queensland

U73M7 Omar Casas of Victoria

U81M7 Hadi Maturi of Queensland

O100M7 Brett Boxhall of Tasmania

U66M1 kyu  David Herson of Western Australia

U73M1 kyu Andrew Tiet of Western Australia

O100M1 Jake Hitchens of Tasmania

U70F2 kyu Isabell Richardson of Western Australia

U100M2 kyu Ian Ludgero of Western Australia

U90M3 kyu Robert Pascoe of Tasmania

U100M4 kyu Brent Dowden of Queensland

U90M5 kyu Elefterios Spyropoulos

U73M6 kyu Paul Ling of Queensland

O100M7 kyu Max Gittus of Tasmania

Shiai Senior Men and Women:

U48W Rika Hirose of Queensland.

U52W Callie Bannister of Queensland.

U57W Ana Flavia Ajuz Ferreira of Western Australia

U60M Casey Lee of Queensland.

U63W Ryley Rametta of Victoria

U66M Vas Middleton of Western Australia.

U70W Saya Middleton of Western Australia

U73M Jordon Greenbank of Western Australia

U78W Alannah Joyce of Northern Territory

+78W Bianca Visser of South Australia

U81M Keishin Ochi of Western Australia

U90M Robert Vukovich of New South Wales

U100M Axel Nightingale of Victoria

+100M Kayhan Ozcicek-Takagi of New South Wales

Adaptive Judo

G1M Bernard Tandean of New South Wales

G2M Jakob Edwards of New South Wales

G2W Emma Jago of Victoria

G3W Lynne McCredden of New South Wales

Shiai Junior Men and Women (Under 21)

U48W Rika Hirose of Queensland

U52W Maelie Tournier of Western Australia

U57W Lily De Brincat of Queensland

U60M Casey Lee of Queensland

U63W Estela Hogarth of Western Australia

U66M Vas Middleton of Western Australia

U70W Taylah Hayes of Tasmania

U73M Kohsei Toyoshima of Western Australia

U78W Alannah Joyce of the Northern Territory

+78W Shaoxuan Yang of New South Wales

U81M Keishin Ochi of Western Australia

U90M Ilan Cloete of Queensland

U100M Lucas Vladich-McKenzie of Western Australia

+100M Jose Miguel Brache Jarquin of New South Wales

Shiai Cadet Men and Women (U18)

U48W Rika Hirose of Queensland

U50M Adam Bessaron of Victoria

U52W Mia Siboni of Western Australia

U55M Nicholas Platonov

U57W Lily De Brincat of Queensland

U60M Crosby Peake of New South Wales

U63W Lily Tai Tin of Victoria

U66M Kento Asano of New South Wales

U70W Sakura Kuzuoka of Queensland

+70W Anita Nourafshan of New South Wales

U73M Alexander Ginaylo of Victoria

U81M Akos Kelly Victoria

U90M Daniel Nemeth of Victoria

Shiai Under 15 Boys and Girls

U36B Alexander Bestuzhev of New South Wales

U40G Skyla Mackay of the Northern Territory

U40B Cesare Roth of Western Australia

U44G Abbey Cook of New South Wales

U45B Ethan Zhang of New South Wales

U48G Cassie Rametta of Victoria

U50B Norman Hargreaves of Queensland

U52G Mia Siboni of Western Australia

U55B Zechariah Navea of Western Australia

U57G Ayda Ozcelik of New South Wales

U60B Jimmy Bannister of Queensland

U63G Vivienne Lugg of Queensland

O63G Kayla Nae of Western Australia

U66B Isaac Chinchilla of Western Australia

U73B Pio Lee of New South Wales

O81G Joshua Sala of New South Wales

Shiai Under 13 Boys and Girls

U32G Thea Qiu of Victoria

U32B Tayden Zhang of New South Wales

U35G Milana Panic of Victoria

U35B Timofey Sakalouski of New South Wales

U38G Chloe Wall of the Australian Capital Territory

U38B Alexander Zebrov of Victoria

U41B Michael Ginaylo of Victoria

U45G Leilah Lavea of Western Australia

U45B Kaisei Steley of Queensland

U49B Leonardi Becocci of Western Australia

U50G Sakura Ochi of Western Australia

U54B Coben Gaversjo of Victoria

U56G Sakura Ochi of Western Australia

U66B Leon Park of New South Wales

Congratulations to all our gold medal winners – and to those who came home with silver, bronze or nothing at all – see you in 2026!C