Jessica Klimkait
Canadian judoka (born 1996)
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Jessica Klimkait (born 31 December 1996) is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category.[3] In 2021 she became Canada's second judo world champion, defeating Momo Tamaoki of Japan in the women's lightweight (57 kg) final at the championships in Budapest, Hungary; the win also qualified her for the Tokyo Olympic Games.[4] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]
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.[6] She won gold at the 2017 Pan American Judo Championships.[7]
In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[8][9] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[10]
In June 2021, Klimkait was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[11] She won the bronze medal in the 57-kilogram (126 lb) class with a win over Kaja Kajzer of Slovenia, by waza-ari.[12][5]
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.[13]
Senior International results
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| 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 |
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| World Judo Championships | 3R | 3R | 2R | | |||||
| Pan American Judo Championships | 5 | 1R | 5 | |
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| Grand Slam Abu Dhabi | 1R | 5 | |||||||
| Grand Slam Düsseldorf | 1R | ||||||||
| Grand Slam Ekaterinburg | |
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| Grand Slam Osaka | |
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| Grand Slam Paris | 1R | 2R | |
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| Grand Slam Tokyo | 1R | 2R | 1R | ||||||
| Grand Prix Budapest | 5 | ||||||||
| Grand Prix Cancún | |
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| Grand Prix Hohhot | |
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| Grand Prix Montreal | |
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| Grand Prix Zagreb | 1R | 1R | |
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| European Open Glasgow | |
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| European Open Madrid | 2R | ||||||||
| European Open Oberwart | |
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| Oceanian Open Wollongong | |
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| Pan American Open San Salvador | |
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| European Cup Orenburg | |
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| European Cup Podcetrtek | |
