Andreja Leški Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LESKI Andreja . olympics.com . 30 July 2024.
  2. News: Nelson . Matt . Paris 2024 judo: All results as Andreja Leski wins gold in women's -63kg . 30 July 2024 . 30 July 2024 .
  3. News: Khalatyan . Rafael . 30 July 2024 . Judo: Nagase defends title, Leski stuns Olympic champion . 2 August 2024 . InsideTheGames.biz.
  4. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 9 June 2021. Agbegnenou captures fifth world judo title with dominant display in Budapest. InsideTheGames.biz. 28 October 2021.
  5. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. live. 11 January 2021. International Judo Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112233234/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/results . 12 January 2021 .
  6. News: Gillen. Nancy. 12 January 2021. Four-time world champion Agbegnenou earns gold at IJF World Judo Masters. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 12 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210112191412/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102942/agbegnenou-wins-at-world-judo-masters. 12 January 2021.
  7. News: Houston. Michael. 17 April 2021. Olympic champion Trstenjak among winners on day two of European Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 17 April 2021.
  8. News: Houston. Michael. 27 November 2021. Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 November 2021.