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African Judo Union
AJU
African Judo Union; AJU
Sport	Judo
Official website	www.africajudo.org
History
Year of formation	28 November 1961; 62 years ago; in Dakar, Senegal
Demographics
Membership size	52 members
Affiliations
International federation	International Judo Federation (IJF)
Other affiliation(s)	Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa (ANOCA);
Governance
President	Siteny Randrianasoloniako
Headquarters
Country	Senegal
Secretary General	Estony Pridgeon
Official language(s)	English, French and Arabic

The African Judo Union (AJU) is the governing body of judo in Africa. It is one of the five continental confederations making up the International Judo Federation (IJF). AJU was formed in 28 November 1961 in Dakar (Senegal),^[1]^[2]. JUA has headquarters in Dakar and consists of 52 member federations.

History[edit]

The African Judo Union was founded on 28 November 1961 in Dakar, Senegal under the name of Union Afro-Malgache de Judo (UAMJ). The first competitions were tha African Championships in 1964 in Dakar and the African Games in 1965 in Brazzaville^[3].

Tournaments[edit]

Members[edit]

The 54 members of the AJU are^[4]:

References[edit]

^ "Le judo au Sénégal (p. 37)" (PDF). beep.ird.fr. Omar Danga Loum.
^ "Présidence de l'Union africaine de judo". dakaractu.com. 9 April 2021.
^ "L'histoire du judo au Sénégal". senegal-judo.com.
^ "African Judo Union Members (54)". ijf.org. 2007.

External links[edit]

Official website (in English and French)

Africa

Category:Sports governing bodies in Africa

Union

Category:Sports organizations established in 1961

Category:1961 establishments in Africa

[1] "Le judo au Sénégal (p. 37)" (PDF). beep.ird.fr. Omar Danga Loum.

[2] "Présidence de l'Union africaine de judo". dakaractu.com. 9 April 2021.

[3] "L'histoire du judo au Sénégal". senegal-judo.com.

[4] "African Judo Union Members (54)". ijf.org. 2007.

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v t e National members of the International Judo Federation
Africa (AJU)	ALG ANG BDI BEN BOT BUR CAF CGO CHA CIV CMR COD COM CPV DJI EGY ETH GAB GAM GBS GEQ GHA GUI KEN LBA LBR MAD MAR MLI MRI MTN MOZ NAM NIG NGR RSA RWA SEN SEY SLE SOM SSD SUD SWZ TAN TOG TUN UGA ZAM ZAN ZIM
Americas (PJC)	ANT ARG ARU BAH BAR BER BIZ BOL BRA CAN CAY CHI COL CRC CUB DMA DOM ECU ESA GRN GUA GUY HAI HON ISV IVB JAM LCA MEX NCA PAN PAR PER PUR SKN SUR TTO URU USA VEN VIN
Asia (JUA)	AFG BAN CAM CHN HKG INA IND IRI IRQ JPN JOR KAZ KGZ KOR KSA KUW LAO LIB MAC MAS MGL MYA NEP PAK PHI PLE PRK QAT SGP SRI SYR THA TJK TKM TPE UAE UZB VIE YEM
Europe (EJU)	ALB AND ARM AUT AZE BEL BIH BLR BUL CRO CYP CZE DEN ESP EST FIN FRA FRO GBR GEO GER GRE HUN IRL ISL ISR ITA KOS LAT LIE LTU LUX MDA MKD MLT MNE MON NED NOR POL POR ROU RUS SLO SMR SRB SUI SVK SWE TUR UKR
Oceania (OJU)	ASA AUS COK FIJ GUM KIR MHL MNP NCL NFK NIU NRU NZL PLW PNG PYF SAM SOL TGA VAN
Pinnacle Events Judo at the Summer Olympics World Judo Championships Judo at the Commonwealth Games

v t e International judo
IJF World Tour World Masters World Championships (U18, U21) Olympic Games Paralympics World Combat Games Universiade Youth Olympic Games Deaflympics Achievements by nation
Africa	African Judo Union African Championships African Games
Asia	Judo Union of Asia Asian Championships Asian Games East Asian Championships East Asian Games Asian Martial Arts Games Southeast Asian Games
Americas	Pan American Judo Confederation Pan American Championships (U21) Pan American Games South American Games South American Championships
Europe	European Judo Union European Championships (U23, U21, U18, EYOF) European Games Open Championships Paralympic European Championships
Oceania	Oceania Judo Union OJU Senior Championships Pacific Games
Others	Arab Games Commonwealth Games Francophone Games Goodwill Games Lusophone Games Mediterranean Games