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 lightfoot (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]
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]
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]
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 |
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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 |