Jessa Khan
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| Nationality | Cambodian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 2001 Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Jujitsu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | ne-waza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Art of Jiu-Jitsu (AOJ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]