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
Olympic Games7th (2020)
World Champ.5th (2022)
European Champ.Gold (2022)
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
European Championships Open
Silver medal – second place 2023 Pristina ‍–‍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 18 December 2023.

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.

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

  1. ↑ "Association board meeting protocol 23 May 2023" (PDF). Israel Judo Association (in Hebrew). 23 May 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ↑ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 25 July 2022. p. 37. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "World Ranking List, Women –57 kg". International Judo Federation. 27 June 2022. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Timna Nelson-Levy". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "2016 European Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. 1 2 3 "2016 European Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 Sinai, Allon (22 April 2016). "Nelson Levy medals for Israel at Euros". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  8. 1 2 Halickman, Joshua (26 February 2021). "Tel Aviv Grand Slam gold medalist Timna Nelson-Levy living her best life". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Reform pride at the Olympics". Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (in Hebrew). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. ↑ "2015 European Open Lisbon". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Sinai, Allon (11 April 2018). "New wave of Israeli judokas set to make mark on the mat". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  12. ↑ "Israel's pursuit for Olympic judo gold". Olympics.com. 5 May 2021. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  13. ↑ "Judo - Nelson Levy Timna vs Perisic Marica - Elimination round Of 16 Results". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  14. ↑ "2020 Summer Olympics". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  15. ↑ "2020 Summer Olympics — Individual". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  16. ↑ "2020 Summer Olympics". European Judo Union. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  17. ↑ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women 57 kg Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  18. ↑ "Timna Nelson-Levy — Tournament results". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "2017 Grand Slam Baku". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  20. ↑ "2017 Grand Slam Baku". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  21. ↑ "2017 Grand Prix Antalya". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  22. ↑ "2017 Grand Prix Antalya". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  23. ↑ "2017 Grand Prix Tashkent". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  24. ↑ "2017 Grand Prix Tashkent". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  25. ↑ "2018 Grand Prix Agadir". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  26. ↑ "2018 Grand Prix Agadir". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  27. ↑ "2018 Grand Prix Tbilisi". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  28. ↑ "2018 Grand Prix Tbilisi". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  29. ↑ "2018 Grand Prix Cancún". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  30. ↑ "2018 Grand Prix Cancún". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  31. ↑ "2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  32. ↑ "2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  33. ↑ "2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  34. ↑ "2019 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  35. ↑ "2019 Grand Prix Marrakesh". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  36. ↑ "2019 Grand Prix Marrakesh". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  37. ↑ "2019 Grand Prix Marrakesh" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  38. ↑ "2019 Grand Prix Montreal". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  39. ↑ "2019 Grand Prix Montreal". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  40. ↑ "2020 Grand Slam Hungary". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  41. ↑ "2020 Grand Slam Budapest". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  42. ↑ "2020 Grand Slam Budapest" (PDF). European Judo Union. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  43. ↑ "2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  44. ↑ "2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  45. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  46. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  47. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  48. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Antalya". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  49. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Antalya". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  50. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Antalya". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  51. ↑ "2022 European Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  52. ↑ "2022 European Championships". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  53. ↑ "2022 European Championships". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  54. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  55. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  56. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  57. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Budapest". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  58. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Budapest". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  59. ↑ "2022 Grand Slam Budapest". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  60. ↑ "2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  61. ↑ "2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  62. ↑ "2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv". live.ijf.org. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
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