British Judo Announce WCPP Judoka for 2018 – 2019

The British Judo Association, the national governing body for British Judo, has today (17 December) announced the Olympic and Paralympic athletes selected for its World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) for 2018 – 2019.

Funded by the National Lottery through UK Sport, WCPP selection is based upon a set of criteria including potential to medal at future Olympic and Paralympic Games, results in the past year, and expected professional behaviours of an Elite athlete.

Five athletes will be supported through the Olympic and Paralympic Podium programmes.  There will also be 18 Olympic and Paralympic athletes on the respective Podium Potential programmes. All Podium and Podium Potential athletics receive an Athlete Performance Award (APA) to support their Judo programme.

In addition to this, seven athletes are being offered support as Programme athletes which is funded directly by British Judo.

Three athletes will also receive support from the WCPP through the WRL 16 Programme. Following a review after the World Judo Championships, four athletes met the criteria and three athletes have taken up a place on the WRL 16 Programme.

All athletes on the WCPP receive a Coach led Individual Athlete Plan (IAP) with agreed training and competition goals. They will also have access to BOA Medical insurance and are supported by a comprehensive Sports Science and Sports Medicine programme and services.

Athletes exiting off the WCPP will receive transitional APA support as well as identified programme support for up to four months, which is based on the number of years they have been a member of the British Judo World Class Performance Programme.

Nigel Donohue, British Judo Performance Director, said:

“It has been another fantastic year across both our Olympic and Paralympic Programmes at junior and senior level.

“There have been a number of standout performances including: Sally Conway’s Paris Grand Slam gold; Nekoda Smythe-Davis’s silver at the World Judo Championships; three medals at the IBSA Judo World Championships and Shelley Ludford’s Junior World Judo Championships bronze.

“We’re continuing to medal consistently at all levels and we go into competitions with expectation rather than hope.

“This is an exciting and talented group of athletes to be working with. I’d like to thank their clubs and the Home Nation Programmes for their continued support and for helping to bring through these judoka.

“It’s an exciting time in this cycle. There are 18 months left in qualification and we feel we’re building momentum into Tokyo 2020.

“We just need to keep working hard and continue to build on the level of success of the last two years.”

Athletes on British Judo WCPP 2018 – 2019

PODIUM

Olympic

Paralympic

PODIUM POTENTIAL

Olympic

Paralympic

PROGRAMME

WRL 16