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Michaela Polleres (born 15 July 1997) is an Austrian judoka. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Polleres is also a bronze medalist at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships. She is a third degree black belt.
Career
Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 63 kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China. She also competed in the mixed team event.
Polleres competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She was eliminated in her second match by Sanne van Dijke of the Netherlands. In that same year, Polleres won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2017 European U23 Judo Championships held in Podgorica, Montenegro.
In 2018, Polleres won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the European U23 Judo Championships held in Győr, Hungary. She represented Austria at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She won one of the bronze medals in the mixed team event.
In 2020, Polleres was eliminated in her first match in the women's 70 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. She competed in the same event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.
In 2021, Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Polleres lost her bronze medal match in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Two months later, she represented Austria at the 2023 European Games held in Poland without winning a medal. She also competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2023 European Judo Championships held in Montpellier, France.
Olympic Games 2024
In the qualification period for the 2024 Olympic Games, Polleres was able to collect 6268 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking. She took part in the 2024 Olympic Games both in the -70 kg weight class and in the mixed team (together with Lubjana Piovesana, Katharina Tanzer, Samuel Gaßner, Wachid Borchashvili and Aaron Fara). In the individual competition, she won bronze. The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4:1. The Austrian team therefore took 9th place.
For her success at the 2024 Olympic Games, she was awarded the fourth Dan by Judo Austria.
References
- ^ Eichler, Wolfgang (28 September 2024). "7. Dan für Yvonne". Judo Austria (in German). Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- "IJF.org - International Judo Federation". www.ijf.org. Archived from the original on 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- "Michaela Polleres". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ "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.
- "Judo POLLERES Michaela". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- "Judo Austria - Bundesliga Final 4". Judo Austria (in Austrian German). Retrieved 27 November 2022.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 20 November 2020.
- "Women's Results" (PDF). 2018 European U23 Judo Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 November 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2020.
- "Results". 2020 European Judo Championships. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- Berkeley, Geoff (10 June 2021). "Sherazadishvili regains world judo crown with brilliance in Budapest". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- "Judo POLLERES Michaela". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- Lloyd, Owen (18 February 2022). "Japanese judoka Horikawa and Tanaka victorious at Tel Aviv Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- "IJF.org - International Judo Federation". Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- "Das ÖOC-Team für Paris: Fünf bis zehn Medaillen als Ziel" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- "JudoInside - Olympic Games Paris Event". Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- "GER - Germany wins against AUT - Austria 4 - 1" (PDF). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Michaela Polleres at the International Judo Federation
- Michaela Polleres at JudoInside.com
- Michaela Polleres at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Michaela Polleres at Olympics.com
- Michaela Polleres at Olympedia
- Michaela Polleres at The-Sports.org
- Michaela Polleres on Instagram
- Living people
- 1997 births
- Austrian female judoka
- Judoka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics
- Judoka at the 2019 European Games
- Judoka at the 2023 European Games
- European Games medalists in judo
- European Games bronze medalists for Austria
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Austria
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Olympic medalists in judo
- 21st-century Austrian sportswomen