Gdańsk Tournament Highlights Poland’s Adapted Judo Growth

The Triglav Insurance Get Together Tournament returned to Gdańsk for a third straight year, marking another important moment for adapted judo in Poland. The event brought together 175 judoka from eight nations, with participation doubling compared with the previous year.

For Krzysztof Wilkomirski, President of the Polish Judo Association, that growth reflects sustained work across the country. Poland has been developing adapted judo through clubs, coaches and committed people, helping make it an established part of the national judo structure.

Wilkomirski said adapted judo is a very important area for Polish judo. He estimated that around 20 clubs in Poland are involved, supported by what he described as a strong group of coaches and organisers.

A key figure in that work is Adriana Dadci-Smoliniec, whom Wilkomirski identified as a leader within the adapted judo programme. He credited the team around the discipline with creating the conditions to stage an international tournament in Gdańsk.

Participation at the Gdańsk event doubled from the previous year.

Wilkomirski also knows the demands of competition personally. Still an active judoka, he arrived in Gdańsk shortly after competing at the Veteran World Championships in Sarajevo.

That experience gives additional perspective to his view of the adapted judoka on the tatami. While he remains connected to high-level competition, the growth of this tournament and the wider adapted judo network in Poland stand out as a meaningful achievement for the country’s judo community.

The third edition in Gdańsk showed that the project is continuing to build momentum, bringing more judoka and more nations together around adapted judo.

Source: EJU.net

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