Olympian and World Class Judo competitor Nicolas Gill is one of the greatest Internationals of all time to come from Canada. To be consistent at Club level most of us will know">

Home * Contents * Newsletter * World Photos * Search Engine Olympian and World Class Judo competitor Nicolas Gill is one of the greatest Internationals of all time to come from Canada. To be consistent at Club level most of us will know, can be hard. To be consistent at World level is something that most of us can only imagine. Nicolas Gill has been at top level International judo for 10 years. Born April 24th 1972, he has been on the World Judo circuit since 1990. At the age of 18 he won the Pan-American Games in Caracas in the -86kg category. Gill is a 9 time Canadian champion . Gill now competes at -100kg. His past record is phenomenal, winning medals at every possible level. You would do well to visit his inspirational site which has an extensive list of his achievements and details about an excellent video. Ready to go at the Hyundai World Judo Championships 1999. I caught up with Nicolas at the World Masters in Germany. He had just won a Silver medal and although he was very busy, he still found time to speak to me. World Judo: Who encouraged you to take up judo?. Nicholas Gill: I watched my brother compete and I just wanted to do the same. WJ: Do you study other world judo competitors techniques in order to beat them? NG: I'm always watching. There always something you can learn and apply to your judo. My judo is a combination of hundreds of fighters that I saw over years. WJ: Do you believe in holidays away from training? NG: Of course, resting is as important as the actual training. WJ: How does it feels to win medals at world class level? NG: It is a very good feeling. The first one is more special. The others come more normal. But they're anything like medaling at the Olympics. WJ: Do you get financial backing from businesses or other organisations? NG: I get help from a computer company called Omnilogic and I'm part of a program where professional hockey players help amateur athletes (Foundation de l'athlete d'excellence). Raymond Bourque from the Boston Bruins has been helping me for the last 2 years. WJ: Is your Association very supportive? NG: They try to help me as much as possible. In the last couple of years they have been more supportive. WJ: Who do you consider the greatest judoka of all time? NG: Yamashita, from Japan. WJ: I've seen your judo video at your site, and it looks very good. I think it would be good in every judokas video collection. Which techniques and for what level it is appropriate for? NG: I tried to make the video interesting for all level of judo players. I demonstrated Osoto-gari, kata-guruma, ochi-gari and 4 other techniques. The are a lot of competition image to make it interesting. WJ: Congratulations on your massive success so far and wish you every luck in your future tournaments. NG: Thanks.  Be sure to visit The Nicolas Gill Web Site. http://www.ngill.com/        Judoka Olympique Sins this interview Nicolas has competed and Won The Olympic Silver Medal 2000. An incredible achievement. Congratulations Nicolas. To see all his achievements on record visit his web site.