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| Year | Sport | Contest | Discipline | Category | Name | Country | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Men | Ahmad Yusifov | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Men | Hifumi Abe | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Men | Ryuga Tanaka | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Men | Tato Grigalashvili | Georgia | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Men | Sanshiro Murao | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Men | Ilia Sulamanidze | Georgia | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Men | Inal Tasoev | Russia | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Women | Wakana Koga | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Women | Uta Abe | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Women | Akari Omori | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Women | Haruka Kaju | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Women | Ai Tsunoda | Spain | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Women | Yelyzaveta Lytvynenko | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Women | Lee Hyeon-ji | South Korea | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Men | Sherzod Davlatov | Kazakhstan | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Men | David García Torné | Spain | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Men | Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov | United Arab Emirates | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Men | Zelim Tckaev | Azerbaijan | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Men | Goki Tajima | Japan | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Men | Dota Arai | Japan | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Men | Ushangi Kokauri | Azerbaijan | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Women | Assunta Scutto | Italy | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Women | Ariane Toro | Spain | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Women | Eteri Liparteliani | Georgia | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Women | Kerem Primo | Israel | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Women | Michaela Polleres | Austria | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Women | Kaïla Issoufi | France | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Women | Romane Dicko | France | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Men | Ryuju Nagayama | Japan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Men | Giorgi Sardalashvili | Georgia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Men | Denis Vieru | Moldova | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Men | Takeshi Takeoka | Japan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Men | Rashid Mammadaliyev | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Men | Dayyan Boulemtafes | France | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Men | Omar Rajabli | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Men | Mihajlo Simin | Serbia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Men | Murad Fatiyev | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Men | Boris Rutović | Serbia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Men | Niyaz Bilalov | Russia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Men | Gennaro Pirelli | Italy | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Men | Lukáš Krpálek | Czech Republic | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Men | Kanan Nasibov | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Women | Shirine Boukli | France | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Extra lightweight | Women | Sabina Giliazova | Russia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Women | Ayumi Leiva Sánchez | Spain | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half lightweight | Women | Odette Giuffrida | Italy | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Women | Ana Viktorija Puljiz | Croatia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Lightweight | Women | Marica Perišić | Serbia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Women | Renata Zachová | Czech Republic | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half middleweight | Women | Lkhagvatogoogiin Enkhriilen | Mongolia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Women | Giovanna Scoccimarro | Germany | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Middleweight | Women | Madina Taimazova | Russia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Women | Kurena Ikeda | Japan | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Half heavyweight | Women | Anna Monta Olek | Germany | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Women | Mariia Ivanova | Russia | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Heavyweight | Women | Raz Hershko | Israel | 3 |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Teams | M/W | Japan | 1 | |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Teams | M/W | Russia | 2 | |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Teams | M/W | Uzbekistan | 3 | |
| 2026 | Judo | World Championship | Teams | M/W | Georgia | 3 | |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Extra lightweight | Men | Balabay Aghayev | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Half heavyweight | Men | Dota Arai | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Half lightweight | Men | Takeshi Takeoka | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Half middleweight | Men | Yuhei Oino | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Heavyweight | Men | Kanta Nakano | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Lightweight | Men | Makhmadbek Makhmadbekov | United Arab Emirates | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Middleweight | Men | Goki Tajima | Japan | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Extra lightweight | Women | Shirine Boukli | France | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Half heavyweight | Women | Alice Bellandi | Italy | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Half lightweight | Women | Distria Krasniqi | Kosovo | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Half middleweight | Women | Rafaela Silva | Brazil | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Heavyweight | Women | Romane Dicko | France | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Lightweight | Women | Sarah-Léonie Cysique | France | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Paris Open | Middleweight | Women | Szofi Özbas | Hungary | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Extra lightweight | Men | Jonathan Charon | Cuba | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Extra lightweight | Men | Jonathan Yang | United States | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half heavyweight | Men | Leonardo Gonçalves | Brazil | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half heavyweight | Men | Iván Silva | Cuba | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half lightweight | Men | Orlando Polanco | Cuba | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half lightweight | Men | Jhonathan Benavides | Ecuador | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half middleweight | Men | Dominic Rodriguez | United States | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half middleweight | Men | Medickson del Orbe | Dominican Republic | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Heavyweight | Men | Francisco Solís | Chile | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Heavyweight | Men | Alex Semenenko | United States | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Lightweight | Men | Daniel Cargnin | Brazil | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Lightweight | Men | Jack Yonezuka | United States | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Middleweight | Men | Robert Florentino | Dominican Republic | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Middleweight | Men | John Jayne | United States | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Extra lightweight | Women | Clarice Ribeiro | Brazil | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Extra lightweight | Women | Mary Dee Vargas | Chile | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half heavyweight | Women | Brenda Olaya | Colombia | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half heavyweight | Women | Sairy Colón | Puerto Rico | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half lightweight | Women | Larissa Pimenta | Brazil | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half lightweight | Women | Evelyn Beaton | Canada | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half middleweight | Women | Jessica Klimkait | Canada | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Half middleweight | Women | Rafaela Silva | Brazil | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Heavyweight | Women | Karen León | Venezuela | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Heavyweight | Women | Moira Morillo | Dominican Republic | 2 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Lightweight | Women | Shirlen Nascimento | Brazil | 1 |
| 2026 | Judo | Pan American Championship | Lightweight | Women | Sarah Souza | Brazil | 2 |
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