Andrzej Sądej (born 20 December 1957)[2] is a Polish and Canadian judoka who competed as a member of the Polish national judo team and has played a major role in the development of high-level judo in Canada. He coached the Canadian national judo team from 1990–96, has held a wide variety of administrative positions at Judo Canada including Sports Director and Executive Director since 1998, and has coached the Canadian Paralympic team since 2014.[3][4]
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| Nickname | Captain Intensity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 December 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Poland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –78 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 7th dan black belt[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World Champ. | 7th (1981) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1981, 1982, 1983,1987) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 1124 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 1161 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 12 March 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interviews edit
- "Andrzej Sadej, Judo Canada's Sports Director". Conversations with Garmamie (Podcast). YouTube. 1 July 2015.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Andrzej Sadej". JudoInside. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
- ^ Gill, Nicolas; Leyshon, Glynn (2019). Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada (Second ed.). Montreal: Marcel Broquet. pp. 138–40. ISBN 978-2-89726-352-2.
- ^ "Staff". Judo Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
External links edit
- Andrzej Sadej at the International Judo Federation
- Andrzej Sadej at JudoInside.com
- Andrzej Sadej at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Andrzej Sądej at The-Sports.org
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