Norwegian Judo Federation

Norwegian Judo Federation

Sport	Judo
Affiliation	IJF
Regional affiliation	EJU
Headquarters	Oslo
President	BREKKE Arnstein
Official website
www.judo.no

The Norwegian Judo Federation (Norwegian: Norges Judoforbund - NJF) is the national federation of judo in Norway. The chairman is Vibeke Thiblin (since 2009) and the deputy chairman is Harald Monsen. The Norwegian Judo Federation was founded in 1967. The organisation's headquarters are in Oslo. It is an affiliate of the International Judo Federation.

Overview

In 2002 the Norwegian Judo Federation started training Afghan judokas under an exchange program with the Afghan Judo Federation established that year with the federation slogan "Judo for Peace". What began as a modest effort took on a big scale as increasingly more Afghan children and teenagers enrolled in the training program, the demand rising further. The project's objective also included giving priority to the underprivileged girls and women of Afghanistan, who showed equal interest and enthusiasm to their male counterparts. The result was a historic first: Fariba Rezayee became the first ever Afghan female to participate in an Olympic competition (in 2004).^[1]

Besides organizing international exchange programs, the Norwegian Judo Federation, a member of both the European Judo Union^[2] and the International Judo Federation (IJF),^[3] has been actively participating in international conventions. In 2010, it participated in the "Judo for Peace Event" hosted by the IJF in Jaipur, India.^[4]

Organization

• Chairman: Vibeke Thiblin
• Deputy chairman: Harald Monsen

Chairmen of the NJF

1967–1969	Torkel Sauer
1970	Jon Døhl
1971–1972	Atle Lundsrud
1972-1973	Gunnar Foss
1974	Per Ingvoldstad
1975–1976	Odd Johnsen
1977–1979	Rune Neraal
1980–1983	Jan Frank Ulvås
1984–1986	Lars Nicolay Hvardal
1987–1991	Bjarne Heimdal
1991–1994	Arild Sand
1994–1999	Erik Otto Jacobsen
1999–2003	Alf Birger Rostad
2003–2009	Jan Eirik Schiøtz
2009–2014	Vibeke Thiblin

Norwegian judoka

• Mette Johansen (born in 1989)
• Martin Thiblin

See also

• List of judo organizations

References

External links

• Official website (in Norwegian)