Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid (Ukrainian: Дар'я Геннадіївна Білодід; born 10 October 2000) is a Ukrainian judoka.[2][3] She is a two-time world champion (2018, 2019), a three-time European champion (2017, 2019, 2024) and won a bronze medal in the women's 48 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4][5] Bilodid is also a junior world champion (2018) and a junior European champion (2016).
Career
editBilodid won her first senior world title at the 2018 World Judo Championships at the age of 17, where she also became the youngest senior judo world champion in history.[6][7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10] A month later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[11][12]
Bilodid won her first bronze Olympic on the 2020 Summer Olympics, as she beat the Israeli judoka Shira Rishony.[13] This medal was Ukraine's first Olympic medal for women's judo.[14]
She was at the 2024 Olympics in Paris where she beat Nera Tiebwa, the teenage judoka from Kiribati.[15]
Personal life
editBilodid is the daughter of fellow judoka and two-time European champion Gennadiy Bilodid.[16]
Honours
edit- Guinness World Records: Youngest female judo world champion (2018)[17]
- European Judo Union: Best European Junior Female Judoka (2018)[18]
Member 3rd Class of the Order of Princess Olga (2019)[19]- 30 under 30: Faces of the Future by Forbes Ukraine (2020)[20]
- IJF: Best Female Judoka of Year (2020)[21]
Member 2nd Class of the Order of Princess Olga (2021)[22]
Medal results
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References
edit- ^ "Olympian Daria Bilodid is going make you fall in love with judo". 27 July 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Daria Bilodid". judoinside. Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ^ IJF profile
- ^ "Дар'я Білодід здобула "золото" на Чемпіонаті Європи-2024 з дзюдо". UNN (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 26 April 2024.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Daria Bilodid youngest ever Judo World Champion in history". JudoInside. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "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)
- ^ "ONOC Media Release - Tiebwa makes Olympic debut at 15". www.oceanianoc.org. Retrieved 15 October 2024.
- ^ GREAT EXPECTATIONS MET BY BILODID’S SERENE COMPOSURE Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine, European Judo Union (08/10/2015)
- ^ "Youngest Judo World Champion (female)". Guinness World Records. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "EUROPEAN GAMES 2019 WAS HOST TO EJU GALA DINNER". European Judo Union. 29 June 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "Указ президента України № 522/2019 від 15 липня 2019 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України членів національної збірної команди України на ІІ Європейських іграх". Archived from the original on 7 December 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ "30 до 30 — 2020 рік". Forbes (in Ukrainian). 2 November 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ (in English) Chkhvimiani and Bilodid win awards as IJF’s best judoka of 2019-2020, InsideTheGames.biz (27 December 2020)
- ^ "Указ Президента України № 361/2021 від 16 серпня 2021 року "Про відзначення державними нагородами України спортсменів — учасників літніх Олімпійських ігор та їх тренерів"". Archived from the original on 17 August 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
External links
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Media related to Daria Bilodid at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Daria Bilodid at the European Judo Union
- 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
