Daria Bilodid
Ukrainian judoka (born 2000)
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Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid (Ukrainian: Дар'я Геннадіївна Білодід; born 10 October 2000) is a Ukrainian judoka.[2][3] She is a two-time world champion (2018, 2019), a three-time European champion (2017, 2019, 2024) and won a bronze medal in the women's 48 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4][5] Bilodid is also a junior world champion (2018) and a junior European champion (2016).
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Career
Bilodid won her first senior world title at the 2018 World Championships at the age of 17, where she also became the youngest senior judo world champion in history.[6][7] She defeated former opponents: the former Olympic and world bronze medalist, Otgontsetseg Galbadrakh by ippon; former Olympic champion and world champion, Paula Pareto of Argentina in the semi-finals by waza-ari; in the finals, she faced Paris Grand Slam final opponent, Funa Tonaki whom she defeated by her signature Ōuchi gari for ippon at 1:59 of the contest, winning gold at the 2018 World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[2] She is the youngest two-time world judo champion among both men and women.[citation needed]
Bilodid won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[8][9] A month later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[10][11]
Bilodid won her Olympic bronze at the 2020 Summer Olympics, as she beat the Israeli judoka Shira Rishony.[12] This medal was Ukraine's first Olympic medal for women's judo.[13]
Bilodid was at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where she beat Nera Tiebwa, a teenage judoka from Kiribati.[14][15]
Personal life
Bilodid is the daughter of fellow judoka and two-time European champion Gennadiy Bilodid.[16] She is in a relationship with Ukrainian businessman Artur Mkhitaryan.[17]
Honours
- Guinness World Records: Youngest female judo world champion (2018)[18]
- European Judo Union: Best European Junior Female Judoka (2018)[19]
Member 3rd Class of the Order of Princess Olga (2019)[20]- 30 under 30: Faces of the Future by Forbes Ukraine (2020)[21]
- IJF: Best Female Judoka of Year (2020)[22]
Member 2nd Class of the Order of Princess Olga (2021)[23]
