Jessica Klimkait

Jessica Klimkait
Klimkait (right) in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 28)
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2020)
World Champ.Gold (2021)
Pan American Champ. (2017)
Commonwealth Games5th (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Panama City ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San José ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍57 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Miami ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7725
JudoInside.com80703
Updated on 20 May 2024

Jessica Klimkait (born 31 December 1996) is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category.[1] 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.[2] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

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.[4] She won gold at the 2017 Pan American Judo Championships.[5]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[6][7] A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[8]

In June 2021, Klimkait was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.[9] She won the bronze medal in the 57-kilogram (126 lb) class with a win over Kaja Kajzer of Slovenia, by waza-ari.[10][3]

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.[11]

Senior International results

Medals
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
World Judo Championships 3R 3R 2R 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Judo Championships 5 1R 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
IJF World Masters 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 1R 5
Grand Slam Düsseldorf 1R
Grand Slam Ekaterinburg 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Grand Slam Osaka 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Grand Slam Paris 1R 2R 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Grand Slam Tokyo 1R 2R 1R
Grand Prix Budapest 5
Grand Prix Cancún 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Grand Prix Hohhot 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Grand Prix Montreal 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Grand Prix Zagreb 1R 1R 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Open Glasgow 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Open Madrid 2R
European Open Oberwart 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Oceanian Open Wollongong 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Open San Salvador 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Cup Orenburg 1st place, gold medalist(s)
European Cup Podcetrtek 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Jessica Klimkait". Judo Canada. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Jessica Klimkait becomes Canada's 2nd judo world champion, qualifies for Olympics". CBC Sports. CBC. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "Cadet World Championships Miami, Event, JudoInside". judoinside.com. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  5. ^ "Pan American Championships Senior 2017 / IJF.org". ijf.org. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  7. ^ Gillen, Nancy (11 January 2021). "Olympic silver medallist An wins under-66kg contest at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  8. ^ Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2021). "Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  9. ^ Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Six Canadians set for judo's Olympic return to its birthplace". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  10. ^ "Canada's Jessica Klimkait wins judo bronze". 680 News. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  11. ^ Cayley, Shawn (20 October 2011). "Whitby's Jessica Klimkait impresses on the judo scene". Toronto.com-CA. Archived from the original on 26 October 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2019.