Daria Bilodid Explained

Daria Bilodid
Full Name:Daria Hennadiyivna Bilodid
Birth Date:10 October 2000
Birth Place:Kyiv, Ukraine
Height:172 cm
Country:Ukraine
Weight Class:48 kg, 57 kg
Dan:1
Rank Ref:[1]
Coach:Gennadiy Bilodid, Svetlana Kuznetsova
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Women's 48 kg
Worlds Rank:1
Worlds Year:2018
Worlds Weight:Women's 48 kg
Worlds Year2:2019
Worlds Weight2:Women's 48 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2017
Regionals Weight:Women's 48 kg
Regionals Year2:2019
Regionals Weight2:Women's 48 kg
Regionals Year3:2024
Regionals Weight3:Women's 57 kg
Updated:25 April 2024

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).

Career

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]

Personal life

Bilodid is the daughter of fellow judoka and two-time European champion Gennadiy Bilodid.[15]

Honours

Medal results

2017
  • Grand Prix, Hohhot
  • Grand Prix, The Hague
    2018
  • Grand Prix, Tunis
  • Grand Slam, Paris
  • Grand Slam, Düsseldorf
  • Grand Prix, Zagreb
  • Continental Cup, Podčetrtek
  • World Championship, Baku
    2019
  • World Championship, Tokyo
  • Grand Slam, Abu Dhabi
    2020
  • Grand Slam, Paris
    2021
  • Olympic Games, Tokyo

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2024-08-12 . 2024-07-27 . en-US . Olympian Daria Bilodid is going make you fall in love with judo .
    2. Web site: Daria Bilodid . 20 April 2017 . judoinside.
    3. https://www.ijf.org/judoka/18234 IJF profile
    4. Web site: Дар'я Білодід здобула "золото" на Чемпіонаті Європи-2024 з дзюдо. 26 April 2024. UNN. uk.
    5. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
    6. Web site: Daria Bilodid youngest ever Judo World Champion in history . 2024-08-19 . JudoInside . en.
    7. News: Bilodid makes judo history as world's youngest champion. 20 September 2018. Gulf-Times. 20 September 2018. ar.
    8. News: Daria Bilodid youngest ever Judo World Champion in history. 20 September 2018.
    9. 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 .
    10. News: Gillen. Nancy. 11 January 2021. Olympic silver medallist An wins under-66kg contest at IJF World Judo Masters. InsideTheGames.biz. live. 11 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210111192537/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102909/baul-wins-gold-at-world-judo-masters. 11 January 2021.
    11. News: Rowbottom. Mike. 18 February 2021. Shock defeats for Kelmendi and Bilodid at Tel Aviv Grand Slam. InsideTheGames.biz. 22 February 2021.
    12. Web site: 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv. live. 22 February 2021. International Judo Federation. https://web.archive.org/web/20210223155246/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2227/results . 23 February 2021 .
    13. https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/57951462 Tokyo Olympics: Judo - Women's 48kg
    14. Belodid wins the first medal for Ukraine at the Olympics, Ukrayinska Pravda (24 July 2021)
    15. http://www.eju.net/great-expectations-met-by-bilodids-serene-composure-3726 GREAT EXPECTATIONS MET BY BILODID’S SERENE COMPOSURE
    16. Chkhvimiani and Bilodid win awards as IJF’s best judoka of 2019-2020, InsideTheGames.biz (27 December 2020)

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