Gold awaited for 11 years: Stevan Sadiku is the European Junior Champion

Montenegrin judoka Stevan Sadiku triumphed at the European Junior Championships. At the championship in Podgorica, our judoka took the top spot in the 81 kilogram category with five impressive victories.

There is euphoria in the Montenegrin judo family - Stevan "cleaned up" the competition! In the final, Sadiku defeated Azerbaijani Ahmed Turlujev by pinfall.

The young judoka's journey to gold began with a victory over Stanislas Sahir from Poland, then he was better than Hungarian Nandor Horvat, and in the quarterfinals he knocked out Yasur Ibadli from Azerbaijan.

In the semifinals, Sadiku also defeated Russian fighter Yaroslav Bunakov.

This is the first European medal for our judo team in the junior competition since 2015, when Danilo Pantić was also the European champion.

The last European gold medal of 2019 was won by Jovana Peković, but in the women's judo competition under 23.