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Ukrainian judoka (born 2000) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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).
Bilodid 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]
Bilodid is the daughter of fellow judoka and two-time European champion Gennadiy Bilodid.[15]
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