Jessica Klimkait

Jessica Klimkait

Klimkait (right) in 2018
Personal information
Born	(1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27) Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2020)
World Champ.	(2021)
Pan American Champ.	(2017)
Commonwealth Games	5th (2014)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg World Championships 2021 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Doha ‍–‍57 kg 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg Pan American Championships 2017 Panama City ‍–‍57 kg 2018 San José ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Calgary ‍–‍57 kg World Masters 2023 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍57 kg 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍57 kg 2021 Doha ‍–‍57 kg IJF Grand Slam 2018 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg 2020 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg 2022 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg 2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍57 kg 2019 Paris ‍–‍57 kg 2021 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Paris ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg 2019 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg 2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg 2024 Paris ‍–‍57 kg IJF Grand Prix 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg 2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg 2019 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg 2017 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg World Cadets Championships 2013 Miami ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	7725
JudoInside.com	80703
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

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
Pan American Judo Championships	5		1R	5
IJF World Masters
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi			1R		5
Grand Slam Düsseldorf					1R
Grand Slam Ekaterinburg
Grand Slam Osaka
Grand Slam Paris				1R	2R
Grand Slam Tokyo			1R	2R	1R
Grand Prix Budapest						5
Grand Prix Cancún
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

See also

• Judo in Ontario
• Judo in Canada
• List of Canadian judoka

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. "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.

External links

• Jessica Klimkait at the International Judo Federation
• Jessica Klimkait at JudoInside.com
• Jessica Klimkait at AllJudo.net (in French)
• Jessica Klimkait at Olympics.com
• Jessica Klimkait at Olympedia
• Jessica Klimkait at The-Sports.org
• Jessica Klimkait on Instagram