KLIMKAIT Jessica

Date of Birth: 31 Dec 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of residence : MONTREAL, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -57 kg	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -57 kg Elimination Round of 16 #10 CAN KLIMKAIT JKLIMKAIT Jessica 10 IPP BUL ILIEVA IILIEVA Ivelina 0s1	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -57 kg Quarterfinal #18 CAN KLIMKAIT JKLIMKAIT Jessica 10 IPP POL KOWALCZYK JKOWALCZYK Julia 0	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -57 kg Semifinal of Table A #25 CAN KLIMKAIT JKLIMKAIT Jessica 0s3 FRA CYSIQUE SLCYSIQUE Sarah Leonie 10s2 IPP	Finished
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 1	Women -57 kg Contest for Bronze Medal B #31 SLO KAJZER KKAJZER Kaja 0s2 CAN KLIMKAIT JKLIMKAIT Jessica 1s1 WAZ	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	-63 kg
2014	Nanjing, CHN	5

World Championships

Year	Location	-57 kg	Team X
2021	Budapest, HUN	1	-
2019	Tokyo, JPN	17	-
2018	Baku, AZE	9	-
2017	Budapest, HUN	9	5

Pan American Championships

Year	Location	-57 kg
2018	San Jose, CRC	3
2017	Panama City, PAN	1

World Masters

Year	Location	-57 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	3
2019	Qingdao, CHN	3
2018	Guangzhou, CHN	3

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	-57 kg	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2020	-57 kg	2x	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-
2019	-57 kg	-	1x	2x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-57 kg	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-
2017	-57 kg	-	-	1x	1x	-	1x	-	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	-57 kg	1x	1x	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-
2018	-57 kg	-	3x	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-
2017	-57 kg	-	-	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
2017	-57 kg	-	-	1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2020	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Budapest, HUN
1	2020	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Dusseldorf, GER
1	2019	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Zagreb, CRO
1	2018	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Osaka, JPN
2	2021	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Antalya, TUR
2	2019	-57 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
2	2019	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Montreal, FRA
2	2018	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Cancun, MEX
2	2018	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Zagreb, CRO
2	2018	-57 kg	Grand Prix	Hohhot, CHN

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

Nicolas Gill [national], CAN

She began judo at age four at the Ajax Budokan Judo Club in Canada. (tokyo2020.org, 03 Dec 2020; globalnews.ca, 22 Jun 2021)

Her father and brother were involved with the sport and she used to mimic their movements. (tokyo2020.org, 03 Dec 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 03 Dec 2020; globalnews.ca, 22 Jun 2021)

Winning gold in the -57kg category at the 2021 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (Facebook profile, 11 Jun 2021)

Canadian judoka [and her first coach] Kevin Doherty. (Judo YouTube channel, 04 Dec 2021)

Philosophy:

"Before going into tournaments, I'm never thinking about results and that I have to win. I'm always trying to think, 'How can I do the best possible judo?' I just want to walk away from the competition, being proud of the kind of judo and techniques that I've done." (tokyo2020.org, 03 Dec 2020)

In 2013 she was named Ontario Sport Female Athlete of the Year in Canada. (durhamregion.com, 20 Apr 2014)

General Interest

General
POSITIVE POSTPONEMENT
She says the postponement of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo due to the COVID-19 pandemic allowed her time to recover from a knee injury. Before the postponement, she had been expecting to take part in a fight-off with compatriot Christa Deguchi for Canada's place in the -57kg category at the Games. "It honestly was [good timing] because I needed those two or three months to fully recover and if the year continued as normal, I definitely wouldn't have been able to train as normal. I wouldn't have been able to compete and I had a fight-off with [Deguchi] that I don't think I would have been able to prepare for." (cbc.ca, 08 Jun 2021)

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Legend

:: Bronze Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
IPP:: Ippon
WAZ:: Waza-Ari

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