Majlinda Kelmendi continues to receive significant awards in judo.
The pride of Kosovo is proving successful inside as well as abroad. Majlinda won finally the prize for best judoka of the year "IJF Judoka of the Year Award", awarded after votes of fans on Facebook.
The Two-time world champion and flag bearer, Majlinda Kelmendi that provided for her country the first Olympic gold medal in the category -52kg, won 5299 votes.Olympic champion left behind the Brazilian Rafaela Silva, who as the second took 2565 votes, while the third was the American Kayla Harrison," is said on IJF's notice.