| Karla Prodan | |
| Birth Date: | 29 August 1998 |
| Birth Place: | Split, Croatia |
| Height: | 178 cm |
| Country: | Croatia |
| Weight Class: | 78 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | R16 |
| Olympics Year: | 2020 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
| Worlds Rank: | R16 |
| Worlds Year: | 2021 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
| Worlds Year2: | 2024 |
| Worlds Weight2: | Women's 78 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 3 |
| Regionals Year: | 2020 |
| Regionals Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
| Updated: | 22 May 2024 |
Karla Prodan (born 29 August 1998)[1] is a Croatian judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 78kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[2] [3] She competed in the women's 78kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
In 2019, Prodan competed in the women's 78kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan where she was eliminated in her first match by Ma Zhenzhao of China. Prodan won gold medal in her event at the 2015 World Cadet Judo Championship in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina as well as silver medal at the 2018 World Junior Judo Championship in Nassau, Bahamas. She also holds two bronze medals in European Championship in cadets and juniors.She also won silver medal at the 2020 European U23 Championships in Porec, Croatia.
In January 2021, Prodan was named female athlete of the year by the Croatian Olympic Committee.[5] [6] In the same month, she competed in the women's 78kg event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[7] In February, Prodan won the bronze medal at 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv in Tel Aviv, Israel. In March, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tashkent held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8] In June, Prodan was eliminated in her second match in the women's 78kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.