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Cohen Brothers Judo wins National Judo Title
Cohen Brothers Judo Club wins President Cup in Dallas, Texas
Cohen Brothers proved again to be a National Power house led by coaches Rj and Aaron Cohen.
The Vernon Hills based training center has over 150 athletes training at all levels from ages 3 all the way to 55 years old.
With kids from all around the surrounding areas come to learn Judo from the best.
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Brothers, RJ and Aaron are Stevenson graduates and both past national team members and international coaches.
On the last weekend of November, Cohen Brothers judo brought over 30 athletes to Dallas, Texas to compete in USA Judo's National Presidents Cup. This is one of the tougher competitions in the country.
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Danielle Pekler (16) had an amazing tournament capturing wins over high ranked athletes including USA Judo's Number 1 athlete in the Sr Rank list who just placed top 5 in a high level competition in Abu Dhabi. Danielle was voted most outstanding Female of the competition with this victory.
We are very proud of all the whole club. This is a true team effort. It was not just the athletes that went to the competition but the kids who come to practice and help everyone get better.
Next up the team will have a few training camps before it's next national competition in March.
Results below of Cohen Brothers Judo Team in Texas
Mary Minogue GOLD & SILVER (RANKED #1 IN USA)
Joe Minogue
Daniel Novitskiy SILVER (RANKED #1 IN USA)
Sofia Capron BRONZE
Jayme Cohen
Adiran Cohen SILVER & SILVER
Daniel Berdich
Aiden Cohen GOLD, SILVER & BRONZE
Brody Cohen BRONZE
Adelia Kalmanovsky SILVER & SILVER
Miron Chiorescu FIRST TOURNAMENT FOUGHT GREAT
Harlee Hiller GOLD, BRONZE, GOLD, GOLD, BRONZE (RANKED #1 IN USA)
Rylee Roloff GOLD & BRONZE
Danielle Pekler GOLD, GOLD, GOLD, SILVER, SILVER (RANKED #1 IN USA)
Parker Roloff BRONZE & 4TH
Jack Lawrence GOLD & BRONZE
Jacob Sandal GOLD
Liam Lee SILVER & SILVER (RANKED #1 IN USA)
Lucy Wiener GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE
Jack Lawrence GOLD & BRONZE
Ethan Sandal GOLD & BRONZE
Caroline Balica SILVER
Brandon Grokov 4TH PLACE
Lew Hiller BRONZE
Maksim Komarov SILVER & SILVER
Georgii Bakaev FIRST TOURNAMENT FOUGHT GREAT
Iaromir Zhukovskii BRONZE AND BRONZE
Stephan Cernovol BRONZE
Robert Suvi SILVER & BRONZE
Welles Projansky SILVER & BRONZE
Lincoln Projansky GOLD, GOLD, SILVER
Nikoloz Tskaruashvili SILVER & BRONZE
David Turcan FIRST TOURNAMENT FOUGHT GREAT
Bektur Rysmambetov GOLD
Alex Knauf SILVER & SILVER (RANKED #1 IN USA)
