Greece and Teltsidou at the Judo World Judo Championships in Hungary

In Budapest, June 13-20, the world’s best tsudoka will meet at the World Championships, the OTP Bank World Senior Championships 2025 Hungary Individuals and Mixed Teams.

The World Championship is the milestone for the racing year we are in, as the “foam” of the sport is looking for the way to the podium. It should be noted that this is a special year, as just a year after the Paris 2024 Olympics and before (2026) the new round in view of Los Angeles 2028 The world’s leading athletes are invited to show their potential and find themselves in the best possible state.

Greece could not be missing from Budapest’s big appointment. Theodoros Tselidis at -90kg and Elizabeth Teltsidou at -70 kg aim to broaden the Greek medal harvest in the world’s largest event and put their names next to Elias Eliades and Julietas Boukouvala.

Next to Tselidis and Telsidou will be the national coach, Nikos Eliades, and the coach, Alexis Danatsidis.

Paris’s “bronze” Olympic champion will compete in the -90kg category and will begin its efforts until No. 4 in the world rankings. The 28 -year -old Greek champion will claim the first medal of his career in the event. This is a distinction that, if achieved, will complement its rich collection, in which the bronze in Paris is prominent and the two bronze from the European Championships.

Tselidis climbed to the third step of the podium at Tel Aviv’s European Israel and the corresponding Sofia event in 2022 in Bulgaria.

Elizabeth Teltsidou will compete in the -70kg category until No. 8 in the world rankings. The leading Greek Judoka is looking for her first distinction worldwide, having touched the medal last year. The 29 -year -old in 2024 was Thursday at Abu Dhabi World Championships Seniors 2024 and from this starting point he will try to find his way to medals.

Telsidou counts two silver medals in European championships, winning the silver in both Zagreb, Croatia in 2024 and in Podgorica, Montenegro a few days ago, showing that he was in very good shape.

Seven medals in world championships for Greece

Greece counts a total of seven medals in world championships. A great protagonist could not be other than Elias Eliades. The Olympic champion has won six medals in world championships, of which three are gold from 2005 in Cairo until 2014 in Cheliabinsk, Russia.

At the same time, the bronze was conquered by Juliet Boukouvala in 2010 in Tokyo.

Greece’s medals in the World Championships:

2014 Cheliabinsk Elias Eliadis -90 1

2013 Rio de Janeiro Elias Eliades -90 3

2011 Paris Elias Eliades -90 1

2010 Tokyo Elias Eliadis -90 1

2010 Tokyo Juliet Boukouvala -57 3

2007 Rio de Janeiro Elias Eliades -90 2

2005 Cairo Elias Eliades -90 2