Jessa Khan

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NationalityCambodian
Born (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 (age 24)
Texas, U.S.
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Jessa Khan
Personal information
NationalityCambodian
Born (2001-10-08) 8 October 2001 (age 24)
Texas, U.S.
Height152 cm (5 ft 0 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
Country Cambodia
SportJujitsu
Event
ne-waza
TeamArt of Jiu-Jitsu (AOJ)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Asian Games 1 0 0
Southeast Asian Games 2 1 0
European Championship 0 0 1
Total 3 1 1
Representing  Cambodia
Jujutsu
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Jakarta-Palembangne-waza 49kg
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2019 Philippinesne-waza 49kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Cambodiane-waza 52kg
No-gi Jiu-Jitsu
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Cambodia52kg
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2023 Paris, France−48.5 kg

Jessamine Jada Khan (born 8 October 2001),[1] often shortened as Jessa Khan (Khmer: ខាន់ ចេសា, romanized: Khăn Chésa [kʰan ceːsaː]), is an American-born Cambodian jiu-jitsu athlete.[2] She is the 2023 IBJJF World Champion.

Khan represented Cambodia at the 2018 Asian Games and claimed a gold medal in the women's 49kg ne-waza event.[3][4] This was also the first gold medal to be received by Cambodia which happened to be unexpected in the sport of ju-jitsu during the 2018 Asian Games.[5] Khan is a second Gold Medal Cambodia's Asian Games history after Taekwondo Gold 2014.[6] She is a daughter of a Mexican American mother with Cambodian American father.[7][8] She began jiu-jitsu training at age 12.[9]

On October 6, 2020, Khan was awarded her black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu by her coaches, the Mendes brothers, just two days before her nineteenth birthday.[10]

Personal life

Black belt career

References

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