Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid (Ukrainian: Дар'я Геннадіївна Білодід; born 10 October 2000) is a Ukrainian judoka.[1][2] She is the 2019 World and the 2019 European gold medalist in the 48 kg division. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3]
Career
Her father is fellow (successful) judoka Gennadiy Bilodid.[4]
Bilodid won her first ever world title and in the process, she broke the record for becoming the youngest ever judo world champion at the age of 17.[5] She defeated former opponents: the former Olympic and world bronze medalist, Galbadrakhyn Otgontsetseg by ippon; former Olympic champion and world champion, Paula Pareto of Argentina in the semi-finals by waza-ari; in the finals, she faced Paris Grand Slam final opponent, Funa Tonaki whom she defeated by her signature ouchi gari for ippon at 1:59 of the contest, winning gold at the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6] She is the youngest two-time world judo champion among both men and women.
In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[7][8] A month later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[9][10]
Bilodid won her first bronze Olympic on the 2020 Summer Olympics, as she beat the Israeli judoka Shira Rishony.[11] This medal was Ukraine's first Olympic medal for women's judo.[12]
Medal results
References
- ↑ "Daria Bilodid". judoinside. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ↑ IJF profile
- ↑ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ↑ GREAT EXPECTATIONS MET BY BILODID’S SERENE COMPOSURE Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, European Judo Union (08/10/2015)
- ↑ "Bilodid makes judo history as world's youngest champion". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "Daria Bilodid youngest ever Judo World Champion in history". Retrieved 20 September 2018.
- ↑ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ Gillen, Nancy (11 January 2021). "Olympic silver medallist An wins under-66kg contest at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ↑ Rowbottom, Mike (18 February 2021). "Shock defeats for Kelmendi and Bilodid at Tel Aviv Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ "2021 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ↑ Tokyo Olympics: Judo - Women's 48kg, BBC Sport (24 July 2021)
- ↑ (in Ukrainian) Belodid wins the first medal for Ukraine at the Olympics, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 July 2021)
External links
Media related to Daria Bilodid at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Daria Bilodid at the International Judo Federation
- Daria Bilodid at JudoInside.com
- Daria Bilodid at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Daria Bilodid at Olympics.com
- Daria Bilodid at Olympedia
- Daria Bilodid at The-Sports.org
- Daria Bilodid on Instagram