Jessica Klimkait

Jessica Klimkait
Klimkait (right) in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996
Whitby, Ontario, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportJudo
Weight class57 kg, 63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2021)
Pan American Champ. (2017)
Commonwealth Games5th (2014)
Highest world ranking1st
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo57 kg
World Championships
2021 Budapest57 kg
2022 Tashkent57 kg
2023 Doha57 kg
2024 Abu Dhabi57 kg
Pan American Championships
2017 Panama City57 kg
2018 San José57 kg
2023 Calgary57 kg
World Masters
2023 Budapest57 kg
2018 Guangzhou57 kg
2019 Qingdao57 kg
2021 Doha57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Osaka57 kg
2020 Düsseldorf57 kg
2020 Budapest57 kg
2022 Antalya57 kg
2023 Tel Aviv57 kg
2023 Abu Dhabi57 kg
2024 Dushanbe57 kg
2025 Baku63 kg
2019 Paris57 kg
2021 Antalya57 kg
2023 Paris57 kg
2023 Ulaanbaatar57 kg
2024 Tbilisi57 kg
2017 Ekaterinburg57 kg
2019 Ekaterinburg57 kg
2019 Osaka57 kg
2022 Budapest57 kg
2023 Tbilisi57 kg
2023 Tokyo57 kg
2024 Paris57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Zagreb57 kg
2018 Hohhot57 kg
2018 Zagreb57 kg
2018 Cancún57 kg
2019 Montreal57 kg
2017 Hohhot57 kg
2019 Hohhot57 kg
World Cadets Championships
2013 Miami52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7725
JudoInside.com80703
Updated on 15 February 2025

Jessica Klimkait (born 31 December 1996) is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category. In 2021 she became Canada's second judo world champion, defeating Momo Tamaoki of Japan in the women's lightweight (57 kg) final at the championships in Budapest, Hungary; the win also qualified her for the Tokyo Olympic Games. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.