• Jorge Fonseca

    Judo

    Jorge Fonseca arrived in Portugal at the age of 11 and started practicing judo at the age of 14.

    Although his first contact with the sport came late in life, his progress was rapid. Fonseca had and still has an innate talent for judo. The first Portuguese European under-23 champion, he was at the London Olympics in 2016, where he fell just short of becoming Olympic champion.

    In the future, he wants the medal that none of his predecessors managed to win; the Olympic Games.

    He sees winning as a goal and an addiction. Seven times national club champion and twice winner of the Champions League, he had a golden 2019, reaching the highest point of his career in Tokyo, where he became World Champion in -100 kg, making history by once again being the first Portuguese to reach such a level.

    Curiously or not, it will be in Tokyo that he will be chasing Olympic gold.

    Date of Birth:

    30/10/1992

    Weight:

    100kg

    Height:

    175cm

    Location:

    Lisbon - Portugal

    Club:

    Sporting Clube de Portugal

    Coach:

    Pedro Soares

Curiosities

  • GoldNutrition in one sentence

    GoldNutrition should be part of every athlete's DNA and lifestyle!

  • Main future goal

    Medal at the 2021 Olympic Games

  • Competition you most enjoyed taking part in

    Grand Slam in Paris

Careers

GOLD MEDALS (21)

  • 2 - Junior National Championship, +90 kg (2010 and 2011)
  • 1 - Coimbra European Cup, Portugal, Juniors, +90 kg (2011)
  • 2 - National Under-23 Championship, +90 kg (2012 and 2013)
  • 3 - Senior National Championship, -100 kg (2011, 2012 and 2013)
  • 1 - European Under-23 Championship, -100 kg (2013)
  • 1 - Taipei Asian Open, -100 kg (2014)
  • 1 - Odivelas European Open, -100 kg (2014)
  • 7 - National Club Championship (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019, all for SPORTING CP)
  • 2 - Champions League, Clubs (2018 and 2019 both for SPORTING CP)
  • 1 - World Championship, -100 kg (2019)

SILVER MEDALS (5)

  • 1 - Senior National Championship, +100 kg (2010)
  • 1 - Coimbra European Cup, Portugal, Juniors, +100 kg (2011)
  • 1 - Zagreb Grand Prix, Croatia, -100 kg (2017)
  • 1 - Grand Prix of Agadir, Morocco, -100 kg (2018)
  • 1 - European Games, Mixed Teams (2019)

BRONZE MEDALS (19)

  • 1 - Bucharest European Open, Romania, -100 kg (2013)
  • 1 - Glasgow European Open, Scotland, -100 kg (2013)
  • 1 - London European Cup, England, -100 kg (2014)
  • 1 - Madrid European Open, Spain, -100 kg (2014)
  • 3 - Zagreb Grand Prix, Croatia, -100 kg (2014, 2015 and 2019)
  • 1 - European Under-23 Championship, -100 kg (2014)
  • 4 - Champions League, Clubs (2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 all for SPORTING CP)
  • 1 - Romam European Open Italy, -100 kg (2015)
  • 1 - Baku Grand Slam, Azerbaijan, -100 kg (2015)
  • 2 - Tbilisi Grand Prix, Georgia, -100 kg (2016 and 2018)
  • 1 - Grand Slam of Paris, France, -100 kg (2017)
  • 1 - Düsseldorf Grand Slam, Germany, -100 kg (2018)
  • 1 - Osaka Grand Slam, Japan, -100 kg (2018)
  • 1 - Budapest Grand Slam, Hungary, -100 kg (2020)
  • 1 - Senior European Championship, -100 kg (2020)

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