[MakkabI]
October 17th, 2004, 04:25 AM
Israeli judoka Alice Schlesinger, 16, won a bronze medal at the junior world championships in Budapest on Saturday. She defeated a Chinese opponent to claim the medal.
Schlesinger, who fights in the up to 57 kilogram category, defeated two opponents on Thursday and then lost on a technicality in her third fight, before winning her repechage bout and earning a place in the bronze medal clash.
Schlesinger was the youngest competitor who participated in the championships.
Tania Simantov, 17, who fought in the up to 48 kilogram class and recently won the European junior championships, failed to win a medal. Simantov won her first two fights Thursday by ippon, but then lost her third and the chance to move through to the semifinal. She proceeded to win her repechage bout, but on Saturday lost to a French opponent.
Chen Bushari (52 kilogram category) ended her participation in the tournament after winning her first fight against a German opponent, but losing thereafter to a competitor from Hungary. She was ranked fifth in her weight class at the end of the competition.
Yoni Wolf, 18, was defeated in his first bout Saturday in the up to 73 kilogram weight class.
Schlesinger, who fights in the up to 57 kilogram category, defeated two opponents on Thursday and then lost on a technicality in her third fight, before winning her repechage bout and earning a place in the bronze medal clash.
Schlesinger was the youngest competitor who participated in the championships.
Tania Simantov, 17, who fought in the up to 48 kilogram class and recently won the European junior championships, failed to win a medal. Simantov won her first two fights Thursday by ippon, but then lost her third and the chance to move through to the semifinal. She proceeded to win her repechage bout, but on Saturday lost to a French opponent.
Chen Bushari (52 kilogram category) ended her participation in the tournament after winning her first fight against a German opponent, but losing thereafter to a competitor from Hungary. She was ranked fifth in her weight class at the end of the competition.
Yoni Wolf, 18, was defeated in his first bout Saturday in the up to 73 kilogram weight class.