Jessica Klimkait

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Jessica Klimkait
File:2018 World Judo Championships 147.jpg
Klimkait (right) in 2018
Personal information
Nationality Canadian
Born (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27)
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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Occupation Judoka
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
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Sport
Country  Canada
Sport Judo
Weight class ‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
World finals Gold (2021)
Regional finals (2017)
Olympic finals Bronze (2020)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Panama City ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San José ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍57 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Miami ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF {{#statements:P4559}}
JudoInside.com {{#statements:P2767}}
Updated on 3 February 2024.

Jessica Klimkait (born 31 December 1996) is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category.[1] In 2021 she became Canada's second judo world champion, defeating Momo Tamaoki of Japan in the women's lightfoot (57 kg) final at the championships in Budapest, Hungary; the win also qualified her for the Tokyo Olympic Games.[2] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

In 2013 at the Cadet (U18) World Championship in Miami she became the first Canadian female judoka to win an age group world championship.[4] She won gold at the 2017 Pan American Judo Championships.[5]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[6][7] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[8]

In June 2021, Klimkait was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[9] She won the bronze medal in the 57-kilogram (126 lb) class with a win over Kaja Kajzer of Slovenia, by waza-ari.[10][3]

Early life

Klimkait began practicing judo at the age of five at the Ajax Budokan Judo Club after watching her older brother's involvement in the sport.[11]

Senior International results

Medals
1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic games 1
World Championships 1 0 0
World Masters 0 0 1
Grand Slam 1 1 2
Continental Championships 1 0 1
Grand Prix 1 4 2
Continental Open 1 1 2
Continental Cup 1 1 0
Totals 6 7 8
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
World Judo Championships 3R 3R 2R 1st
Pan American Judo Championships 5 1R 5 1st 3rd
IJF World Masters 3rd
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 1R 5
Grand Slam Düsseldorf 1R
Grand Slam Ekaterinburg 3rd 3rd
Grand Slam Osaka 1st
Grand Slam Paris 1R 2R 2nd
Grand Slam Tokyo 1R 2R 1R
Grand Prix Budapest 5
Grand Prix Cancún 2nd
Grand Prix Hohhot 3rd 2nd 3rd
Grand Prix Montreal 2nd
Grand Prix Zagreb 1R 1R 2nd 1st
European Open Glasgow 1st
European Open Madrid 2R
European Open Oberwart 3rd
Oceanian Open Wollongong 3rd
Pan American Open San Salvador 2nd
European Cup Orenburg 1st
European Cup Podcetrtek 2nd

See also

References

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External links

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  • Jessica Klimkait at The-Sports.orgLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Jessica Klimkait on Instagram
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