British Judo WCPP for 2019/20

The British Judo Association, the National Governing Body for British Judo, has today (16th December) announced the Olympic and Paralympic athletes selected for its World Class Performance Programme (WCPP) for 2019 – 2020.

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.

Chelsie Giles (-52kg) has been promoted from Podium Potential to the Podium Programme following her bronze medal at the European Games and her 7th placed finish at the World Championships.

Four athletes will be supported through the Olympic and Paralympic Podium programmes.  There will also be 23 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, ten 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, five 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 our Olympic, Paralympic and EDS Programmes.” 

“There have been a number of standout performances including Sally Conway’s World Championship bronze medal, Alice Schlesinger’s silver and Chelsie Giles taking bronze at the European Games. In the EDS Programme Kelly Petersen-Pollard became world number 1 after being crowned European Junior Champion and Lachlan Moorhead and Yasmin Javadian both took bronze medals at those Championships. Yasmin also claimed bronze at the European U23 Championships too. Our Paralympic Programme continues to produce medals with Chris Skelley, Elliot Stewart and Jack Hodgson all winning bronze medals at the IBSA European Championships. Chris also became world number 1 earlier this year which is a fantastic achievement.”

“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 6 months left in qualification with a number of Olympic and Paralympic athletes in direct qualification positions with a focus on achieving top 8 qualification position”

“The British Judo Centre of Excellence recently celebrated its 6^th birthday, and the consistency we are building now across both the Olympic and Paralympic Programmes at Junior and Senior level leading into Tokyo is testament to the GB performance system which bodes well for the Tokyo Games and beyond.”

Athletes on British Judo WCPP 2019 – 2020

PODIUM

Olympic

Paralympic

PODIUM POTENTIAL

Olympic

Paralympic

Programme

WRL 16