Geronay Whitebooi Explained

Geronay Whitebooi
Birth Date:1996 1, df=yes
Country:South Africa
Weight Class:48 kg
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Women's 48 kg
Worlds Rank:R32
Worlds Year:2019
Worlds Weight:Women's 48 kg
Worlds Year2:2021
Worlds Weight2:Women's 48 kg
Worlds Year3:2024
Worlds Weight3:Women's 48 kg
Regionals Type:AF
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2019
Regionals Year2:2020
Commonwealth Rank:1
Commonwealth Year:2022
Commonwealth Weight:Women's 48 kg
Updated:27 July 2024

Geronay Michaela Whitebooi (born 2 January 1996) is a South African judoka. She is a silver medalist at the 2019 African Games and a four-time medalist, including two golds, at the African Judo Championships.[1] [2]

Whitebooi represented South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[3] She competed in the women's 48 kg event.[4] Whitebooi won the gold medal in the 2022 Commonwealth Games in the women's 48 kg category.[5]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2018 3rd −48 kg
2019 1st −48 kg
2019 2nd −48 kg
2020 1st −48 kg
2022 3rd −48 kg
20221st −48 kg
2024 3rd −48 kg

Notes and References

  1. News: Etchells. Daniel. 25 April 2019. Home favourite Whitebooi strikes gold on opening day of African Senior Judo Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 27 December 2020.
  2. News: Pavitt. Michael. 17 December 2020. Whitebooi retains title as African Judo Championships begins in Madagascar. InsideTheGames.biz. 5 July 2021.
  3. News: 3 July 2021. 34 more names added to Team SA squad for Tokyo Olympics. sport24. 5 July 2021.
  4. Web site: Judo Results Book. live. 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. 2020 Summer Olympics.
  5. News: PTI . 2022-08-01 . Commonwealth Games 2022 Judoka Shushila wins silver in women' 48kg, Vijay gets bronze . en-IN . The Hindu . 2022-08-06 . 0971-751X.