Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario made Canadian sports history on Monday by becoming the first ever Canadian Olympic female medalist in judo. The 24-year-old won the bronze medal in the women’s 57 kilogram weight class. Klimkait is the 2021 world Read more
Heading into the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021, Team Canada was in a unique position when it came to the women’s 57 kilogram event. Only one Canadian judoka would be able to compete in the event even though Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario became the second Canadian all-time to win gold at the 2021 World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary on Tuesday according to CBC Sports. Due to the fact Klimkait won the gold medal and finished ahead Read more
Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won the 2021 Antalya Judo Grand Slam this past Thursday in Turkey. In the women’s 57-kilogram weight class, Deguchi beat fellow Canadian Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario in the final, as Klimkait settled for silver. Read more
It was a terrific weekend for Canadian judokans this past weekend in Tbilisi, Georgia, as Team Canada came away with four medals, including two gold medals. Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard of Montreal, Quebec won gold in the women’s 63 kilogram-division, Shady El Read more
Shady El Nahas of Montreal, Quebec won the bronze medal in the men’s 100-kilogram or less division on Sunday at the 2020 Grand Slam Hungary in Budapest. The event is one of four judo grand slam events this year with Read more
Canadian Olympic bronze medalist Antoine Valois-Fortier of Quebec City, Quebec, and Arthur Margelidon of Montreal, Quebec each earned medals on Saturday at the Hungary Grand Slam judo competition in Budapest on Saturday. Valois-Fortier won the silver medal in the men’s Read more
For the third time in her career, Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario has won the gold medal at a grand slam event on the International Judo Federation Tour. Klimkait placed first at the Grand Slam Hungary in Budapest in the Read more
Jessica Klimkait of Whitby, Ontario won the gold medal on Friday in the women’s 57 kilogram judo division at the Dusseldorf Grand Slam. For Klimkait, it was her second grand slam title as she also won in Osaka, Japan on Read more
Christa Deguchi of Lethbridge, Alberta won her fourth career International Judo Federation grand slam gold medal on Saturday. Deguchi placed first at the 2020 Paris Grand Slam.It was one of two medals won by Canadians at the Paris Grand Slam Read more