Jessica Klimkait

Jessica Klimkait (born December 31, 1996) is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category.[1] In 2013 at the Cadet (U18) World Championship in Miami she became the first Canadian judoka to win an age group world championship.[2] She won gold at the 2017 Pan American Judo Championships.[3]

Jessica Klimkait
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Event(s)–57 kg

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[4][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.[6]

Senior International Results

Medals
World Championships 0 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 5 7 8
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
World Judo Championships 3R 3R 2R
Pan American Judo Championships 5 1R 5
IJF World Masters
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi 1R 5
Grand Slam Dusseldorf 1R
Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
Grand Slam Osaka
Grand Slam Paris 1R 2R
Grand Slam Tokyo 1R 2R 1R
Grand Prix Budapest 5
Grand Prix Cancun
Grand Prix Hohhot
Grand Prix Montreal
Grand Prix Zagreb 1R 1R
European Open Glasgow
European Open Madrid 2R
European Open Oberwart
Oceanian Open Wollongong
Pan American Open San Salvador
European Cup Orenburg
European Cup Podcetrtek

References

  1. "Jessica Klimkait". Judo Canada. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  2. "Cadet World Championships Miami, Event, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  3. "Pan American Championships Senior 2017 / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  4. "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  5. 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.
  6. Cayley, Shawn (2011-10-20). "Whitby's Jessica Klimkait impresses on the judo scene". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
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