Martin Padar (born 11 April 1979 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an Estonian judoka, who has competed in the men's half heavyweight (‍–‍100 kg) and later in the heavyweight (+100 kg) category. A 2009 European champion, he has also competed at two Olympics, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics.

Martin Padar
Personal information
Born11 April 1979 (1979-04-11) (age 45)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryEstonia
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍100 kg, +100 kg, Open
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2008)
World Champ.5th (2009)
European Champ.Gold (2009)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Estonia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Tbilisi +100 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Maribor ‍–‍100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Moscow Open
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Novi Sad Open
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Warsaw Open
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Istanbul +100 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Moscow +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Tokyo +100 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Paris +100 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Cali ‍–‍100 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF6
JudoInside.com332
Updated on 15 November 2022.

Achievements edit

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2011 European Judo Championships 3rd Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2009 European Judo Championships 1st Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2007 European Open Championships 3rd Open class
2006 European Judo Championships 5th Heavyweight (+100 kg)
European Open Championships 3rd Open class
2005 World Judo Championships 7th Open class
European Judo Championships 7th Heavyweight (+100 kg)
European Open Championships 3rd Open class
2003 European Judo Championships 5th Heavyweight (+100 kg)
2002 European Judo Championships 2nd Half heavyweight (100 kg)

Personal edit

Politician Ivari Padar is Martin Padar's cousin.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ "Et vend Ivari ei peaks pärast istungit kaposse minema" (in Estonian). Delfi. 7 May 2009.

External links edit

Summer Olympics
Preceded by Flagbearer for   Estonia
Beijing 2008
Succeeded by