Kim Polling Explained

Kim Polling
Birth Date:1991 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Zevenhuizen, Netherlands
Country:
 (until March 2024)

 (since April 2024)[1]
Weight Class:70 kg
Coach:Marjolein van Unen
Maarten Arens
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2016
Olympics Weight:Women's 70 kg
Olympics Year2:2024
Olympics Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2013
Worlds Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2013
Regionals Weight:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year2:2014
Regionals Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year3:2015
Regionals Weight3:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Year4:2018
Regionals Weight4:Women's 70 kg
Updated:31 July 2024

Kim Polling (born 8 February 1991) is a judoka competing in the women's 70 kg division.[2] Since April 2024, Polling represents Italy,[1] having previously represented the Netherlands.

Quadruple European Champion Kim Polling was World #1 for 3 years. She bagged the gold at the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam. She won various different Grand Slams. She took gold at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2017 The Hague Grand Prix. Polling was World and European Junior Champion in 2010. Polling took bronze at the 2013 World Championships. Polling won four Judo World Masters in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019. She took gold at the 2016 Tbilisi Grand Prix and at the 2018 Tunis Grand Prix.

In 2021, Polling won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Cowen . Thea . Polling for Italy: "Grateful. Proud. Excited." . 19 April 2024 . . 19 April 2024.
  2. Web site: Kim Polling (Netherlands): Judo Career . judoinside.com . 2013-09-06.
  3. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 11 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
  4. 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.