Jessica Klimkait

Jessica Klimkait
Klimkait (right) in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996 (age 27)
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍57 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2020)
World Champ.Gold (2021)
Pan American Champ. (2017)
Commonwealth Games5th (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Panama City ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San José ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Calgary ‍–‍57 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2021 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2019 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Miami ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7725
JudoInside.com80703
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]

  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.