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I don't think that's widely used. There are only six citations for 'judo player(s)' in COCA - and Steve Cohen's sentence is one of them.
That, and Barb's contribution, suggest that it's not commonly used in Am. Eng. But I (and the BBC's Olympics commentators, on both TV and radio) use 'judoka' - although it doesn't appear at all in BNC. (I've rarely met -and only in print - 'karateka').
b