Judo's World Federation extols Majlinda Kelmendi: He conquered the world in silence, never asked attention

The Judo World Federation has praised the world champion in Judo, Majlinda Kelmendi, detailing her career.

The writing begins with describing the first steps of the Judiists from Peja and her hard work along with coach Driton Kuka.

A young teenager in Pec was already working hard with her Judo coach, Mr. Driton Kuka. She had won a trip to Zagreb a year earlier and, apparently, was an indication of a phenomenal career and an unmatched country in her new country's history.”, it says.

Then, from her young age until his conquest of the world in Rio 2016, Tyndale's titles are mentioned.

“World Youth Championship in 2009, at the age of 18, Majlinda Kelmendi later won the gold medal at her first grand prize in Tunisia in 2010, still a teenager, and ever since was built as a profile, claiming after the title, dominated the 52kg category of the jungle as nobody before. Majlinda has been world champion twice and in Rio De Janeiro in 2016 she has won the Olympic title, and this was the first for Kosovo; not just for Kosovo's judo, but for all sports. Kosovo had its first Olympic medalist ever, its first Olympic champion. ”

“Kelmendi was also four-time European champion. It conquered the continent and the world, and it also epitomized the full spirit of the Olympic movement, and it did so in silence; forever only by working hard to be the best athlete it could be, never demanding that it be in the spotlight but simply by working”, the article continues.

We remember that Majlinda Kelmendi ended her career immediately after the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and now started working as sports trainers along with Driton Kuka to give another boost to the new jungles towards the great successes of this sport in the international arena.