Timna Nelson-Levy

Timna Nelson-Levy (Hebrew: תמנע נלסון-לוי; born 7 July 1994) is an Israeli judoka.[4] She competes in the under 57 kg weight category, and won a bronze medal in the 2016 European Judo Championships.[5][6][7] She competed for Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Timna Nelson-Levy
Nelson-Levy in 2021
Personal information
Native nameתמנע נלסון-לוי‎
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1994-07-07) 7 July 1994
Jerusalem, Israel
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Israel
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍57 kg
Rank     4th dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
World Champ.5th (2022)
European Champ.Gold (2022)
Olympic Games7th (2020)
Highest world ranking1st[2][3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Israel
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kazan ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Baku ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Baku ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2018 Agadir ‍–‍57 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍57 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF14858
JudoInside.com85093
Updated on 24 September 2023.

Early life

Nelson-Levy was born to Zionist American parents Shmuel and Laura who immigrated to Israel in 1985, several years prior to her birth, and resided in the capital city of Jerusalem, Israel, where she was born.[8] Before Judo in her early teenage years, her first sports as a child were Jujutsu and mixed martial arts.[9][8]

Career

On October 10, 2015, Nelson-Levy won her first significant medal in a senior competition when she won a bronze medal at the 'European Open Lisbon'.[10][11]

On April 21, 2016, she participated in the European senior championships for the first time and won a bronze medal.[5][6] She defeated Anna Borowska of Poland in the first round, Hedvig Karakas of Hungary in the round of 16 and lost to Nora Gjakova of Kosovo in the quarter-finals. She went on to defeat Viola Waechter of Germany in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where she defeated Helene Receveaux of France by ippon.[7]

She represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[12] Competing in the women's 57 kg weight category, Nelson-Levy stated at the round of 16, beating the Serbian 2020 European under-21 champion Marica Perišić after a more than 10 minutes long match.[13] In the quarter-finals, she lost to Japanese 2018 World champion Tsukasa Yoshida. Next, Nelson-Levy faced Slovenian 2021 European championships silver medalist Kaja Kajzer, losing in golden score and finishing the competition in 7th place.[14][15][16][17]

Titles

Sources:[18][4]

YearTournamentPlaceRef.
2016 European Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[5][6][7]
2017 Grand Slam Baku3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[19][20]
Grand Prix Antalya2nd place, silver medalist(s)[21][22]
Grand Prix Tashkent2nd place, silver medalist(s)[23][24]
2018 Grand Prix Agadir1st place, gold medalist(s)[25][26]
Grand Prix Tbilisi3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[27][28]
Grand Prix Cancún3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[29][30]
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[31][32]
2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv1st place, gold medalist(s)[33][34]
Grand Prix Marrakesh3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[35][36][37]
Grand Prix Montreal3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[38][39]
2020 Grand Slam Hungary3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[40][41][42]
2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv1st place, gold medalist(s)[43][44]
2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[45][46][47]
Grand Slam Antalya3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[48][49][50]
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)[51][52][53]
Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[54][55][56]
Grand Slam Budapest3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[57][58][59]
2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv3rd place, bronze medalist(s)[60][61][62]

See also

References
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