Jack Yonezuka Places Seventh at Dushanbe Grand Slam

(Colorado Springs, CO) – Jack Yonezuka (West Long Branch, NJ / NYAC / Cranford JKC) earned the top finish of the weekend for Team USA at the Dushanbe Grand Slam in Tajikistan where he placed seventh in the 73 kg division on Saturday.

2024 Dushanbe Grand Slam Results

The two-time Junior World Champion added 100 points to his Olympic Ranking total and is expected to climb from his No. 15 position in the filtered rankings next week. The top 17 athletes in each weight category as of June 24 will secure their berths to Tokyo.

The two-time Junior World medalist drew a bye into the round of 32 where he pinned Mahamadsharif Najmudinov (TJK). Yonezuka took his next match to the ground as well, pinning Arun Kumar (IND) to make the quarter-finals.

In the next round, Yonezuka fought Mukhammad Jumaev (UZB) and was thrown for ippon (instant win). Jumaev, a 2019 Junior World Team member, went on to surprise the field with a bronze medal finish in his second IJF tournament in nearly five years.

Yonezuka drew two-time Grand Slam medalist Erdenebayar Batzaya (MGL) in the repechage, but was thrown for ippon and ended the day in seventh place.

Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

Men’s 60 kg
1. Muhammadsoleh Quvatov (TJK)
2. Magzhan Shamshadin (KAZ)
3. Iznaur Saaev (AIN)
3. Hayato Kondo (JPN)
5. Maxime Merlin (FRA)
5. Haqdod Gulov (TJK)
7. Angelo Pantano (ITA)
7. Rodrigo Costa Lopes (POR)

Women’s 48 kg
1. Baasankhuu Bavuudorj (MGL)
2. Tugce Beder (TUR)
3. Milica Nikolic (SRB)
3. Aina Moiseeva (AIN)
5. Catarina Costa (POR)
5. Marusa Stangar (SLO)
7. Anais Perrot (FRA)
7. Eva Perez Soler (ESP)

Also Competed: Maria Laborde (Kenosha, WI / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center), 0-1

Men’s 66 kg
1. Serdar Rahimov (TKM)
2. Obid Dzhebov (TJK)
3. Mulorajab Khalifaev (TJK)
3. Ivan Chernykh (AIN)
5. Abdurakhim Nutfulloev (UZB)
5. Bobur Vadjiev (UZB)
7. Almas Galymov (KAZ)
7. Abrek Naguchev (AIN)

Women’s 52 kg
1. Fabienne Kocher (SUI)
2. Binta Ndiaye (SUI)
3. Yerin Jung (KOR)
3. Glafira Borisova (AIN)
5. Sofia Asvesta (CYP)
5. Mascha Ballhaus (GER)
7. Lea Metrot (FRA)
7. Gultaj Mammadaliyeva (AZE)

Also Competed: Angelica Delgado (Miami, FL / NYAC / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center), 0-1

Men’s 73 kg
1. Nils Stump (SUI)
2. Behruzi Khojazoda (TJK)
3. Mukhammad Jumaev (UZB)
3. Darkhan Koibagar (KAZ)
5. Erdenebayar Batzaya (MGL)
5. Enkhtur Jugdergarav (MGL)
7. Jack Yonezuka (West Long Branch, NJ / NYAC / Cranford JKC)
7. Azamat Kabisov (AIN)

Women’s 57 kg
1. Jessica Klimkait (CAN)
2. Sarah Leonie Cysique (FRA)
3. Veronica Toniolo (ITA)
3. Enkhriilen Lkhagvatogoo (MGL)
5. Mina Libeer (BEL)
5. Maysa Pardayeva (TKM)
7. Qi Cai (CHN)
7. Pauline Starke (GER)

Also Competed: Mariah Holguin (San Antonio, TX / Universal Judo), 0-1

Men’s 81 kg
1. Yoshito Hojo (JPN)
2. Wachid Borchashvili (AUT)
3. Abylaikhan Zhubanazar (KAZ)
3. Dimitri Gochilaidze (GEO)
5. Timo Cavelius (GER)
5. Adam Kopecky (CZE)
7. Zaur Dvalashvili (GEO)
7. David Karapetyan (AIN)

Also Competed: Nick Yonezuka (West Long Branch, NJ / NYAC / Cranford JKC), 0-1

Women’s 63 kg
1. Lubjana Piovesana (AUT)
2. Dali Liluashvili (AIN)
3. Iva Oberan (CRO)
3. Amina Belkadi (ALG)
5. Cristina Cabana Perez (ESP)
5. Savita Russo (ITA)
7. Prisca Awiti Alcaraz (MEX)
7. Kamila Badurova (AIN)

Also Competed: Hannah Martin (Burnt Hills, NY / NYAC), 0-1

Men’s 90 kg
1. Mansur Lorsanov (AIN)
2. David Klammert (CZE)
3. Juyeop Han (KOR)
3. Muhammadjon Abdujalilzoda (TJK)
5. Nemanja Majdov (SRB)
5. Theodoros Tselidis (GRE)
7. Marcelo Gomes (BRA)
7. Didar Khamza (KAZ)

Also Competed: John Jayne (Chicago, IL), 0-1

Women’s 70 kg
1. Michaela Polleres (AUT)
2. Lara Cvjetko (CRO)
3. Szabina Gercsak (HUN)
3. Kelly Petersen Pollard (GBR)
5. Anka Pogacnik (SLO)
5. Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown (GBR)
7. Luana Carvalho (BRA)
7. Fidan Ogel (TUR)

Men’s 100 kg
1. Gennaro Pirelli (ITA)
2. Daniel Eich (SUI)
3. Dzhafar Kostoev (UAE)
3. Dzhakhongir Madzhidov (TJK)
5. Kyle Reyes (CAN)
5. Toma Nikiforov (BEL)
7. Zlatko Kumric (CRO)
7. Gonchigsuren Batkhuyag (MGL)

Women’s 78 kg
1. Anna-Maria Wagner (GER)
2. Alina Boehm (GER)
3. Emma Reid (GBR)
3. Beata Pacut-Kloczko (POL)
5. Patricia Sampaio (POR)
5. Natalie Powell (GBR)
7. Iriskhon Kurbanbaeva (UZB)
7. Aleksandra Babintseva (AIN)

Men +100 kg
1. Teddy Riner (FRA)
2. Temur Rakhimov (TJK)
3. Denis Batchaev (AIN)
3. Losseni Kone (GER)
5. Ibrahim Tataroglu (TUR)
5. Magomedomar Magomedomarov (UAE)
7. Tsetsentsengel Odkhuu (MGL)
7. Erik Abramov (GER)

Women’s +78 kg
1. Asya Tavano (ITA)
2. Kinga Wolszczak (POL)
3. Urszula Hofman (POL)
3. Hyeonji Lee (KOR)
5. Kamila Berlikash (KAZ)
5. Helena Vukovic (CRO)
7. Anastasiia Kholodilina (AIN)
7. Larisa Ceric (BIH)