Daria Bilodid

Daria 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.

Daria Bilodid
Personal information
NationalityUkrainian
Born (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000
Kiev, Kiev Oblast, Ukraine
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryUkraine
SportJudo
Rank1st Dan
Event(s)–48 kg
ClubSporting CP
Coached byGennadiy Bilodid, Svetlana Kuznetsova
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Ukraine
World Championships
2018 Baku–48 kg
2019 Tokyo–48 kg
European Games
2019 Minsk–48 kg
European Championships
2017 Warsaw–48 kg
2019 Minsk–48 kg

Career

Her father is fellow (successful) judoka Gennadiy Bilodid.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]She is the youngest two-time world judo champion among both men and women.

Palmares
2017
Grand Prix, Hohhot
Grand Prix, Hague
2018
Grand Prix, Tunis
Grand Slam, Paris
Grand Slam, Düsseldorf
Grand Prix, Zagreb
Continental Cup, Podčetrtek
World Championship, Baku
2019
World Championship, Tokyo
Grand Slam, Abu Dhabi
2020
Grand Slam, Paris

References
  1. "Daria Bilodid". judoinside. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
  2. IJF profile
  3. GREAT EXPECTATIONS MET BY BILODID’S SERENE COMPOSURE, European Judo Union (08/10/2015)
  4. "Bilodid makes judo history as world's youngest champion". Gulf-Times (in Arabic). 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  5. "Daria Bilodid youngest ever Judo World Champion in history". Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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