Headercolor: | 2024 Olympic Champion |
Andreja Leški | |
Birth Date: | 1997 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Koper, Slovenia |
Nationality: | Slovenian |
Height: | 1.65 m[1] |
Weight Class: | 63 kg |
Olympics Rank: | 1 |
Olympics Year: | 2024 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's 63 kg |
Worlds Rank: | 2 |
Worlds Year: | 2021 |
Worlds Weight: | Women's 63 kg |
Worlds Year2: | 2023 |
Worlds Weight2: | Women's 63 kg |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 1 |
Regionals Year: | 2023 |
Regionals Weight: | Women's 63 kg |
Updated: | 31 July 2024 |
Andreja Leški (born 8 January 1997) is a Slovenian judoka, who won gold in the women's 63 kg at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[2] [3] She won the silver medal in the women's 63kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[4] She also competed at the World Judo Championships in 2017 and 2018.
In 2017, Leški was eliminated in her first match in the women's 63kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland.
In 2021, Leški won one of the bronze medals in her event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[5] [6] A few months later, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 63kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[7] In June, she won silver medal in the women's 63 kg event at the World Judo Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[4] In the final, she lost against Clarisse Agbegnenou of France.[4] At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won one of the bronze medals in her event.[8]
In 2023, Leški won silver medal in the women's 63kg event at the World Judo Championships in Doha, her second one from World Championships. She was again defeated in the final by Clarisse Agbegnenou.