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Jessica Klimkait
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1996-12-31) December 31, 1996 (age 27)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Event–57 kg
Medal record
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Panama City –57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San Jose –57 kg

Jessica Klimkait (born December 31, 1996 in Whitby, Ontario) 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].

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.[4]

Senior International Results

Medals
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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 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 Dusseldorf 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 Cancun 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)

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. ^ Cayley, Shawn (2011-10-20). "Whitby's Jessica Klimkait impresses on the judo scene". Toronto.com. Retrieved 2019-10-26.
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