First Judo statue in Italy installed at Fornaci di Barga ?

http://www.barganews.com/2013/11/15/first-judo-statue-in-italy-installed-at-fornaci/ First Judo statue in Italy installed at Fornaci?

life-size bronze statue to honour the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Judo Club Fornaci di Barga.

What could probably be the first statue in Italy dedicated to judo was installed this morning in Fornaci di Barga in the piazza del Tricolore (piazza della stazione) just outside the railway station.

As you can hear in the interview (in Italiano) at the end of this article with the director of the Judo Club Fornaci di Barga, dott Ivano Carlesi, the life-size bronze statue is there to honour the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Judo Club Fornaci di Barga.