FIGUEROA Julia

Date of Birth: 7 Apr 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.50/4'11''

Place of birth: CORDOBA

Birth Country:

Spain

Place of residence : VALENCIA

Residence Country:

Spain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -48 kg	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -48 kg Elimination Round of 32 #5 ESP FIGUEROA JFIGUEROA Julia 10 IPP TUR SENTURK GSENTURK Gulkader 0	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -48 kg Elimination Round of 16 #16 ESP FIGUEROA JFIGUEROA Julia 0 ISR RISHONY SRISHONY Shira 10 IPP	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-48 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9

World Championships

Year	Location	-48 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	3
2019	Tokyo, JPN	9
2018	Baku, AZE	7
2015	Astana, KAZ	9
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	9

European Championships

Year	Location	-48 kg
2021	Lisbon, POR	7
2019	Minsk, BLR	3
2018	Tel Aviv, ISR	9

World Masters

Year	Location	-48 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	7
2019	Qingdao, CHN	7
2018	Guangzhou, CHN	7

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-48 kg	-	-	2x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-48 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019	-48 kg	-	3x	-	-	1x	1x	-	1x	-
2018	-48 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	2x	-	1x	-
2017	-48 kg	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-48 kg	1x	-	1x	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-48 kg	-	-	2x	1x	-	-	2x	-	1x

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-48 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-48 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-
2017	-48 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Marrakech, MAR
1	2018	-48 kg	World Cup	Rome, ITA
2	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Osaka, JPN
2	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Baku, AZE
2	2019	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Yekaterinburg, RUS
3	2021	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Tbilisi, GEO
3	2021	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Tel Aviv, ISR
3	2020	-48 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
3	2019	-48 kg	World Cup	Perth, WA, AUS
3	2019	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Budapest, HUN
3	2018	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Cancun, MEX
3	2018	-48 kg	Grand Prix	Agadir, MAR

Reading, going to the movies, going for walks with her dog. (proyectofer.es, 28 Apr 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Languages spoken:

Valencia Club de Judo [Spain]

Sugoi Uriarte [club], ESP; Laura Gomez [club], ESP

2011 for Spain (laligasports.es, 10 May 2016)

She began judo at age 15 in her hometown of Cordoba, Spain. (diariocordoba.com, 04 Jan 2016; sevilla.abc.es, 04 Jul 2015)

Her parents signed her up to a judo class, because it was one of the only activities the local sports centre offered. (sevilla.abc.es, 04 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (patrocinaundeportista.com, 21 Jul 2019)

Japanese judoka Misato Nakamura. (proyectofer.es, 28 Apr 2020)

Philosophy:

"Results are the sum of the daily efforts." (patrocinaundeportista.com, 22 Jul 2019)

General Interest

General
EARLY DAYS
At age 18 she relocated from her hometown of Cordoba, Spain, to Valencia in order to join the Valencia Judo Club and train at elite level. "I was always certain that I wanted to become a judoka. I saw how people were training in Valencia and decided to come. I'm very happy how it worked out and I wouldn't change it for anything. I joined the Valencia Judo Club where I have been able to develop myself as an athlete thanks to very good coaches." (yosoynoticia.es, 30 Jan 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon

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