| Member News
December 4, 2007
USA
Judo Announces 2008 Pan American
Championships Free Trip Winner
 (Colorado Springs,
Colo.)
– In 2006, Jonathan Leonhardt
(San
Jose,
Calif.
/
USA
Judo National Training Site at
San Jose
State
University)
competed at his first Pan American Championships where he fought for a medal in
the Open division.
Next year, Leonhardt is guaranteed to return to the Pan Ams
as the winner of USA Judo’s 2008 Pan Am Championships Membership Giveaway.
As announced in March, any person who was a currently
registered member of USA Judo would be eligible to win a trip for two to the
Pan American Championships, May 8-11 in
Miami
,
Fla.
If that person was a
member of a USA Judo registered club, then his / her coach also would win a
trip for two to
Miami
.
“It was very exciting for me to have had the opportunity to
personally call Jonathan to give him the news of him winning this fantastic
trip for four to
Miami
.
We are all very happy for Jonathan and congratulate him and his club for
winning this membership prize,” said
USA
Judo President Dr.
Ron Tripp
.
On Tuesday, USA Judo randomly selected a member number with
the participation of U.S. Judo Association Executive Director Gary Goltz and U.S. Judo Federation
Executive Director Robert Fukuda.
“It’s awesome to have won the trip. My plan is to make
the Pan Am Team and compete in
Miami
,
but now I know I’ll be able to bring my fiancée,” said Leonhardt, a four-time
Senior National medalist in the +100kg division. “The Pan Ams are going to
be two weeks before our wedding and, because of the Olympic Trials in June, we
won’t be going on a honeymoon right away, so this can be our early honeymoon!”
 The package includes:
- Airline
tickets on United Airlines for two (plus your sensei and guest, if
eligible)
- Limousine
ride from airport to the Hyatt Regency Hotel (round trip)
- VIP
Accreditation to the event
- Invitation
to VIP reception
- Four
nights stay at the Hyatt Regency Hotel (tournament headquarters hotel
located next to the competition venue)
- Dinner
for two at one of
Miami
's
top restaurants
- VIP
tickets for a Miami Marlins Game
- Welcome
VIP gift bag for winner and guest(s)
- USA
Judo Team Warm-ups for winner and guest(s)
“Congratulations to Jonathan and to his club, the USA Judo
National Training Site at
San
Jose
State
University
,” said Jose H. Rodriguez, USA
Judo CEO. “Very soon we will be announcing a 2008 membership give reward
program entailing a trip to the upcoming U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Judo and
Wrestling to be held in
Las Vegas
.
It is just one more way for us to increase the benefits of membership for our
USA Judo family.”
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