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Michaela Polleres
	Michaela Polleres participates in the Austrian Damen-Bundesliga 2022
Personal information
Born	15 July 1997 (age 27); Neunkirchen, Austria
Occupation	Judoka
Employer	Austrian Armed Forces
Website	michipolleres.at
Sport
Country	Austria
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–70 kg
Rank	4th dan black belt
League	Frauen Judo Bundesliga
Club	JC Wimpassing
Coached by	Yvonne Snir-Bönisch
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2020)
World Champ.	(2021, 2023)
European Champ.	(2018)
Highest world ranking	2
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Austria
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
World Masters
IJF Grand Slam
IJF Grand Prix
European U23 Championships
World Juniors Championships
European Junior Championships
European Cadet Championships
Youth Olympic Games
Profile at external databases
IJF	13682
JudoInside.com	86921
	Updated on 31 July 2024

Michaela Polleres (born 15 July 1997) is an Austrian judoka.^[3] In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4]^[5] She won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Polleres is also a bronze medalist at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships. She is a third degree black belt.^[6]

Career

Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 63 kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.^[7] She also competed in the mixed team event.^[7]

Polleres competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She was eliminated in her second match by Sanne van Dijke of the Netherlands. In that same year, Polleres won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2017 European U23 Judo Championships held in Podgorica, Montenegro.

In 2018, Polleres won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the European U23 Judo Championships held in Győr, Hungary.^[8] She represented Austria at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She won one of the bronze medals in the mixed team event.

In 2020, Polleres was eliminated in her first match in the women's 70 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.^[9] She competed in the same event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.^[10]

In 2021, Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.^[11] She won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.^[4]^[12]

Polleres lost her bronze medal match in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.^[13] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Two months later, she represented Austria at the 2023 European Games held in Poland without winning a medal. She also competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2023 European Judo Championships held in Montpellier, France.

In the qualification period for the 2024 Olympic Games, Polleres was able to collect 6268 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking.^[14] She took part in the 2024 Olympic Games both in the -70 kg weight class and in the mixed team (together with Lubjana Piovesana, Katharina Tanzer, Samuel Gaßner, Wachid Borchashvili and Aaron Fara).^[15] In the individual competition, she won bronze.^[16] The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4:1. The Austrian team therefore took 9th place.^[17]