Jessica Klimkait
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
| 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 | ||||||
| Pan American Judo Championships | 5 | 1R | 5 | ||||||
| IJF World Masters | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Abu Dhabi | 1R | 5 | |||||||
| Grand Slam Düsseldorf | 1R | ||||||||
| Grand Slam Ekaterinburg | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Osaka | |||||||||
| Grand Slam Paris | 1R | 2R | |||||||
| Grand Slam Tokyo | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||
| Grand Prix Budapest | 5 | ||||||||
| Grand Prix Cancún | |||||||||
| Grand Prix Hohhot | |||||||||
| Grand Prix Montreal | |||||||||
| Grand Prix Zagreb | 1R | 1R | |||||||
| European Open Glasgow | |||||||||
| European Open Madrid | 2R | ||||||||
| European Open Oberwart | |||||||||
| Oceanian Open Wollongong | |||||||||
| Pan American Open San Salvador | |||||||||
| European Cup Orenburg | |||||||||
| European Cup Podcetrtek |
References
- "Jessica Klimkait". Judo Canada. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- "Jessica Klimkait becomes Canada's 2nd judo world champion, qualifies for Olympics". CBC Sports. CBC. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- "Cadet World Championships Miami, Event, JudoInside". judoinside.com. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- "Pan American Championships Senior 2017 / IJF.org". ijf.org. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- Gillen, Nancy (11 January 2021). "Olympic silver medallist An wins under-66kg contest at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2021). "Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
- Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Six Canadians set for judo's Olympic return to its birthplace". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- "Canada's Jessica Klimkait wins judo bronze". 680 News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- Cayley, Shawn (20 October 2011). "Whitby's Jessica Klimkait impresses on the judo scene". Toronto.com-CA. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
External links
- Jessica Klimkait at the International Judo Federation
- Jessica Klimkait at JudoInside.com
- Jessica Klimkait at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Jessica Klimkait at Olympics.com
- Jessica Klimkait at Olympedia
- Jessica Klimkait at The-Sports.org
- Jessica Klimkait on Instagram