How Pierre Trudeau Made Judo Cool

Pierre Trudeau with Queen Elizabeth

Pierre Trudeau with Queen Elizabeth

Former Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau wasn’t just a world leader and political rock star, he was also an on-again, off-again judo practitioner.

In fact, on the day he decided to retire from politics he had just returned from taking his children to a judo class in the middle of a snowstorm.

Sarah wrote about Trudeau’s judo history for Fightland.

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