(Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Ronda Rousey (Santa Monica, Calif./Venice Judo/63kg) won her third consecutive junior title at the Ontario Open, Nov. 26 in Mississauga, Ontario.
Rousey, a 2004 Olympian and World Junior Champion won each of her four matches by ippon, winning each in an average of 30 seconds or less.
Marina Shafir (Latham, N.Y./Judo America/78kg) also defeated each of four opponents by ippon to win gold. Yu Ko Sin (Scotia, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Club/81kg) was the third American to win a title at the event.
Also garnering hardware in the IJF Junior (19 and under) division were silver medalists Nick Delpopolo (Westfield, N.J./Cranford Judo Center/73kg) and Tony Sangimino (Burlingame, Calif./Cahill's Judo Academy/100kg) and bronze medalists Brenna Clark (Hercules, Calif./Okubo/APOA Judo Club/48kg), Jessica Elizalde (San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Judo Club/52kg), Hannah Martin (Albany, N.Y./Judo America/57kg), Tara Clark (Hercules, Calif./Okubo/APOA Judo Club/57kg), Cleo Grinberg (Tarrytown, N.Y./Spartak Sports Club/70kg), Jeff Fujimoto (Los Angeles, Calif./Sawtelle Judo/60kg), AJ Silverman (Scotia, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Club/66kg) and Kyle Vashkulat (Scotia, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Club/90kg).
Competition also was held in the Juvenile (16 and under division) in which Helen Delpopolo (Westfield, N.J./Cranford Judo Center/63kg) won gold and John Farrar (Rochester, N.Y./Bedroc Martial Arts/51kg) and Michael Fujimoto (Los Angeles, Calif./Sawtelle Judo/60kg) each won silver medals.
IJF Junior (19 and under) results are as follows:
Female
48kg
1. Lolita Dagher
2. Chantal Beausoleil
3. Brenna Clark (Hercules, Calif./Okubo/APOA Judo Club)
3. Amanda Sinclair
52kg
1. Joelle Couture-Legaire
2. Amy Merry
3. Christine Wilbert
3. Jessica Elizalde (San Antonio, Texas/Alamo Judo Club)
57kg
1. Chelcie Doherty
2. Krystal Munger
3. Hannah Martin (Albany, N.Y./Judo America)
3. Tara Clark (Hercules, Calif./Okubo/APOA Judo Club)
63kg
1. Ronda Rousey (Santa Monica, Calif./Venice Judo)
2. Anne-Marie Pattersen
3. Desiree Abrantes
3. Nichelle Stever
70kg
1. Maguy Lapointe
2. Alicia Stever
3. Jeannine Yuen
3. Cleo Grinberg (Tarrytown, N.Y./Spartak Sports Club)
78kg
1. Marina Shafir (Latham, N.Y./Judo America)
2. Anastassia Chouryguina
3. Marie-Soleil Lapointe
3. Adriana Fierastrau
+78kg
1. Jessica Caguiat
2. Leah Pfeffer
MALE
55kg
1. Matthew Vaughan
2. Christopher Martin
3. Olivier Arsenault-Dionne
3. Maxime Castonguay
60kg
1. Sergio Cavellini Pessoa
2. Diego Alexander Sanchez
3. Joel Benoit
3. Jeff Fujimoto (Los Angeles, Calif./Sawtelle Judo)
66kg
1. Dylan Cave
2. Samuel Gagnon-Girard
3. Olivier Aubin-Mercier
3. AJ Silverman (Scotia, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Club)
73kg
1. Ludovic Bedard-Nadeau
2. Nick Delpopolo (Westfield, N.J./Cranford Judo Center)
3. Joao F S Alhanati
3. Guillaume Perrault
81kg
1. Yu Ko Sin (Scotia, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Club)
2. Justin Young
3. Maxime Lalancette
3. Rodion Rogov
90kg
1. Anson Pops
2. Michael Leger
3. Kyle Vashkulat (Scotia, N.Y./Jason Morris Judo Club)
3. Justin Schmaltz
100kg
1. Nedjo Sarenac
2. Tony Sangimino (Burlingame, Calif./Cahill's Judo Academy)
3. Matty Sebrasky
3. Giulio Cesar Rovocci
+100kg
1. Patrick Paul Knox
2. Pierre Lemeux-Fournier
3. Sean Proulx
3. Jesse Whitney
Juvenile (16 and under) Results are as follows:
Female
41kg
1. Jessica O'Brien
44kg
1. Jordan Poliakiwski
2. Andrea Madgett
3. Jessica Coulombe
3. Laurence Valois-Fortier
48kg
1. Viktoria Sokolovska
2. Nathalie Martel
3. Jade Parsons
3. Alicia Wilbert
52kg
1. Ariane Bijould
2. Gabrielle Kozhukh
3. Lauren Contasti
3. Nicole Tsukishima
57kg
1. Myriam Lamarche
2. Maude-Helene Benoit
3. Stephanie Lampman
3. Ashlee Saulnier
63kg
1. Helen Delpopolo (Westfield, N.J./Cranford Judo Center)
2. Emilie Fortin
3. Laurence Cote
3. Stephani Seib
+63kg
1. Kelita Zupancic
2. Ashley Bartlett
3. Valerie Morissette
3. Rebecca Pretious
Male
42kg
1. Derek Langlois
2. Alexandre Cadieux
3. Warren Seib
3. Zachary Burt
45kg
1. Christopher Marks
2. Kendal McArthur
3. Dominque Cote
3. Andrew Godeke
48kg
1. Nick Zakharov
2. David Ancor
3. Simon Ashwood-Smith
3. Patrick Gagne
51kg
1. Patrick Des Parois
2. John Farrar (Rochester, N.Y./Bedroc Martial Arts)
3. Brennen Musgrave
3. Pierre-Luc Ledoux
55kg
1. Danilo Pessoa
2. Nicolas Gagne
3. Jeremy Yuen
3. Mark William Welsh
60kg
1. Maxime Gagnon
2. Michael Fujimoto (Los Angeles, Calif./Sawtelle Judo)
3. Charles Breton-Leduc
3. Maxime Raymond
66kg
1. Brian Knetsch
2. Scott McGrandle
3. Didier Lemair
3. Marc-Andre Duff
73kg
1. Dusan Sarenac
2. Antoine Valois-Fortier
3. Francois Moreau
3. Guillaume Voyer
81kg
1. Sebastien Deroy
2. Dan Barsky
3. Eugene Dederick
+81kg
1. Eric Gauthier
2. Bryan S Campbell
3. Max Hillebrandt
3. Christopher Hammill