NEIL ADAMS
MARC ALEXANDRE
NORIKO ANNO
EZIO GAMBA
NICOLAS GILL
KOSEI INOUE
KI YOUNG JEON
TOSHIHIKO KOGA
SUN HUI KYE
WALDEMAR LEGIEN
JASON MORRIS
YUKIMASA NAKAMURA
JIMMY PEDRO
UDO QUELLMALZ
AMARILIS SAVON
PETER SEISENBACHER
MIKE SWAIN
RYOKO TAMURA
GELLA VANDECAVEYE
ROBERT VAN DE WALLE
YASUHIRO YAMASHITA
HIDEHIKO YOSHIDA
ULLA WERBROUCK


Legends

JIMMY PEDRO (USA)

Photos by Lou DiGesare

Born: 10/30/70
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 73kg
Rank: Rokudan (6th degree Black Belt)
Education: Brown University
Degree: BA in Business Economics & OBM
Nickname: "Peanuts" or "Nuts"
Favorite Technique: Sode Tsuri Komi Goshi
Most Effective Technique: Juji Gatame
Hobbies: Golf, Weightlifting & Eating
Favorite TV Show: College Football
Favorite Actor: Charlie Sheen
eMail:  jimmypedro@zebramats.com
Website: www.JimmyPedro.com

NATIONAL HONORS

  • 04, 03, 00 & 99 Real Judo Magazine "Player of the Year"
  • 04 New York Athletic Club Hall of Fame
  • 04 Brown University Hall of Fame
  • 97 New York Athletic Club "Athlete of he Year"
  • 97 Black Belt Hall of Fame
  • 10x USJA Jr. National Champion
  • 6x US National Champion (89, 91, 93, 94, 99, 03)
  • 3x High School National Champion (86, 87, 88)

MAJOR INTERNATIONAL MEDALS

GOLD

  • 04 & 00 German Team Championships (73kg Member of TSV Abensberg)
  • 04 & 03 New York Open (73kg) - Manhattan, NY
  • 04 Pan Am Championships (73kg) - Margarita Island, Venezuela
  • 03 Korean Open (73kg) - Yongin University, Korea
  • 03 Rendez Vous Canada (73kg) - Montreal, QC
  • 03 Tre Torri (73kg) - Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy
  • 03 Puerto Rico Open (73kg) - Salinas, Puerto Rico
  • 03 British Open (73kg) - London, England
  • 00 Europa Cup Team Championships (73kg Member of TSV Abensberg)
  • 99 World Championships (73kg) - Birmingham, England
  • 99 Pan Am Games (73kg) - Winnipeg, Canada
  • 98 US Open (73kg) - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
  • 98 Pan Am Championships (73kg) - Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
  • 98 French Open (73kg) - Paris, France
  • 98 Austrian Open (73kg) - Leonding, Austria
  • 98 Shoriki Cup (73kg) - Tokyo, Japan
  • 97 & 95 German Open (71kg) - Munich, Germany
  • 97 Pan Am Championships (71kg) - Guadalajara, Mexico
  • 95 US Open (71kg) - Macon, GA, USA
  • 95 Pan Am Games (71kg) - Mar de Plata, Argentina
  • 93 Pacific Rim Championships (65kg) - Auckland, New Zealand
  • 92 Guido Sieni (65kg) - Sassari, Italy
  • 92 Pan Am Championships (65kg) - Santiago, Chile
  • 92 US Open (71kg) - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
  • 90 & 89 US Open (65kg) - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
  • 90 Tre Torri (65kg) - Porto Sant'Elpidio, Italy


SILVER

  • 04 Hungarian Open (73kg) - Budapest, Hungary
  • 04 German Open (73kg) - Hamburg, Germany
  • 03 US Open (73kg) - Las Vegas, NV
  • 93 Korean Open (65kg) - Seoul, Korea
  • 93 French Open (63kg) - Paris, France
  • 92 Hungarian Open (65kg) - Budapest, Hungary
  • 90 Goodwill Games (65kg) - Seattle, WA, USA

BRONZE

  • 04 Olympic Games (73kg) - Athens, Greece
  • 99 Kano Cup (73kg) - Tokyo, Japan
  • 98 German Open (73kg) - Munich, Germany
  • 97 Austrian Open (71kg) - Leonding, Austria
  • 96 French Open (71kg) - Paris, France
  • 96 Olympic Games (73kg) - Atlanta, GA, USA
  • 95 World Championships (71kg) - Makuhari, Japan
  • 95 Pacific Rim Championships (71kg) - Sydney, Australia
  • 94 Goodwill Games (71kg) - St. Petersburg, Russia
  • 92 French Open (65kg) - Paris, France
  • 92 German Open (65kg) - Munich, Germany
  • 91 US Open (65kg) - Colorado Springs, CO, USA
  • 91 Pan Am Games (65kg) - Havana, Cuba
  • 91 World Championships (65kg) - Barcelona, Spain
  • 91 Pacific Rim Championships (65kg) - Honolulu, HI, USA
  • 90 Jr. World Championships (65kg) - Dijon, France
  • 90 Tblissi International (65kg) - Tblissi, Georgia
  • 88 Shoriki Cup (65kg) - Tokyo, Japan

FIFTH

  • 00 Olympic Games (73kg) - Sydney, Australia
  • 94 Kano Cup (71kg) - Tokyo, Japan
  • 93 World Championships (65kg) - Hamilton, Canada