Grace Jividen

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FullnameGrace Jividen-Truesdale
NationalityAmerican
BornJune 12, 1964 (1964-06-12) (age 61)
OccupationJudo Instructor
Grace Jividen
Jividen in 2015
Personal information
Full nameGrace Jividen-Truesdale
NationalityAmerican
BornJune 12, 1964 (1964-06-12) (age 61)
OccupationJudo Instructor
Weight142 lb (64 kg; 10.1 st)
Sport
Rank   7th degree black belt in Judo
ClubGracie Judo Club
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing the  United States
FISU World University Championships
Silver medal – second place1984 FISU World University Championships
World Police and Fire Games
Gold medal – first place2001 United States
Bronze medal – third place2011 United States
Silver medal – second place2015 United States
US Olympic Festival
Bronze medal – third place1981
Silver medal – second place1983
Silver medal – second place1985
Gold medal – first place1986
Gold medal – first place1989
Gold medal – first place1990
Gold medal – first place1994

Grace Jividen (born June 12, 1964) is a retired American judoka[1] who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Jividen was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Dayton, Ohio. She began practicing judo at the age of three.[2] As a child, she remembers watching her two older brothers compete and had a desire to compete as well.[3]

Jividen attended Webster University, M.A.1991, where she obtained a degree in Procurement & Logistics Management.

Competition

Personal life

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