Ari Berliner Wins Bronze

MALAGA, SPAIN – Ari Berliner (23) from the Jason Morris Judo Center in Glenville, won a 66 kg bronze medal in the European Open in Malaga, Spain on Saturday, Oct. 23. Berliner defeated Scott Thomson (England) and Bruno Barros (Portugal) before losing in the quarterfinal to Ben Gomes (France). Berliner dropped to the losers’ bracket and beat Diego Fernandez (Spain) and Adrian Nieto (Spain) in the bronze medal match. This was Berliner’s first major medal on the International Judo Federation Tour which bodes very well for his hopes to make it to the 2024 Olympics in Paris, France. Ari jumps up to a career high #57 on the world ranking list in 66kg with this result.