Lubjana Piovesana

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Nickname
Lulu[1]
NationalityBritish, Austrian
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 29)
OccupationJudoka
Lubjana Piovesana
Lubjana Piovesana (blue) participates in the Austrian Damen-Bundesliga 2022
Lubjana Piovesana (blue) participates in the Austrian Frauen Bundesliga 2022
Personal information
Nickname
Lulu[1]
NationalityBritish, Austrian
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 29)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Great Britain (until 2021)
 Austria (since 2023)
SportJudo
Weight class63 kg
Rank     1st dan black belt[2]
LeagueGerman Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
Champions League (2019)
ClubLZ Hohenems[1]
TeamTSG Backnang
UJZ Mühlviertel
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2024)
World Champ.5th (2023)
European Champ.5th (2024, 2025)
Highest world ranking5[3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Austria
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2024 Baku63 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Dushanbe63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Abu Dhabi63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Baku63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Dushanbe63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2023 Zagreb63 kg
Representing  Great Britain
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2017 Antalya63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Cancún63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tbilisi63 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Marrakesh63 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Győr63 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Zagreb63 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 Miami63 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal – third place2014 Athens63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF72508
JudoInside.com72037
Updated on 4 May 2025

Lubjana Piovesana (born 3 January 1997) is a British and Austrian judoka.[4][5] She has won two gold medals in Judo Grand Slam events and took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

2024 Summer Olympics

Piovesana is the 2018 U23 European Champion. In 2019 she was the youngest judoka from Great Britain on the IJF World Tour.[6] She is a bronze medalist from the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Marrakesh in the 63 kg category.[7]

She collected 1811 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking and did not qualify for the Summer Games in Tokyo with 35th place in her weight class.[8]

In January 2023 Piovesana became part of the Austria National Team.[1] She won gold at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Baku in the 63 kg category.[9] She was top seed at the 2024 Judo Grand Slam Dushanbe and won a gold medal at the event in the same category.[10]

Lubjana Piovesana took part in the 2024 Olympic Games in both the weight class 63 kg and in the mixed team (together with Katharina Tanzer, Michaela Polleres, Samuel Gaßner, Wachid Borchashvili and Aaron Fara).[11] She reached the final block in her weight class and fought her way into a duel for bronze. There she lost to the Frenchwoman Clarisse Agbegnenou with an ippon score by throw[12] and took fifth place.[13] The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4–1 and the Austrian team took ninth place.[14]

Club championships

Piovesana fought for TSG Backnang in the German Judo Bundesliga in 2019,[15] 2023[16] and 2024.[17]

In 2022 Piovesana fought in the Austrian Damen-Bundesliga for the team UJZ Mühlviertel. Piovesana won three out of the four matches she took part in. Her only loss came against Michaela Polleres.[18]

Personal life

References

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