Michaela Polleres Explained

Michaela Polleres
Birth Date:1997 7, df=yes
Birth Place:Neunkirchen, Austria
Weight Class:–70 kg
Rank Ref:[1]
Dan:3
Coach:Yvonne Snir-Bönisch
League:Frauen Judo Bundesliga
Club:JC Wimpassing
Olympics Rank:2
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Women's 70 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Women's 70 kg
Worlds Year2:2023
Worlds Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:3
Regionals Year:2018
Regionals Weight:Women's 70 kg
Highestranking:2[2]
Updated:31 July 2024

Michaela Polleres (born 15 July 1997) is an Austrian judoka.[3] In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] [5] She won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. Polleres is also a bronze medalist at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships. She is a third degree black belt.[1]

Career

Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 63kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China.[6] She also competed in the mixed team event.[6]

Polleres competed in the women's 70kg event at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She was eliminated in her second match by Sanne van Dijke of the Netherlands. In that same year, Polleres won the silver medal in the women's 70kg event at the 2017 European U23 Judo Championships held in Podgorica, Montenegro.

In 2018, Polleres won the gold medal in the women's 70kg event at the European U23 Judo Championships held in Győr, Hungary.[7] She represented Austria at the 2019 European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She won one of the bronze medals in the mixed team event.

In 2020, Polleres was eliminated in her first match in the women's 70kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[8] She competed in the same event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[9]

In 2021, Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[10] She won the silver medal in the women's 70kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] [11]

Polleres lost her bronze medal match in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[12] She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Two months later, she represented Austria at the 2023 European Games held in Poland without winning a medal. She also competed in the women's 70kg event at the 2023 European Judo Championships held in Montpellier, France.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judo Austria - Bundesliga Final 4. Judo Austria. 27 November 2022. de-AT.
  2. Web site: IJF.org - International Judo Federation . https://web.archive.org/web/20240806223517/https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=12&view=expanded . 2024-08-06 . 2024-08-06 . www.ijf.org.
  3. Web site: Michaela Polleres. 19 November 2020. JudoInside.com.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Judo POLLERES Michaela. dead. 6 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806180412/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/hi/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1330766-polleres-michaela.htm.
  6. Web site: Judo Results Book. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201113171603/http://mat1.gtimg.com/nanjing2014/resultsbook/Results_Book_JU_V1.0.pdf. 13 November 2020. 20 November 2020. 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.
  7. Web site: Women's Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128131723/http://www.alljudo.net/PDF_frame-2018-europe-U23-F.pdf. 28 November 2020. 28 November 2020. 2018 European U23 Judo Championships.
  8. Web site: Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201121173338/http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/eju/european/ec_sen2020_prague/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=&sprache=english. 21 November 2020. 5 December 2020. 2020 European Judo Championships.
  9. Web site: 2021 Judo World Masters. 12 January 2021. International Judo Federation.
  10. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 10 June 2021. Sherazadishvili regains world judo crown with brilliance in Budapest. InsideTheGames.biz. 10 June 2021.
  11. Web site: Judo POLLERES Michaela. dead. 6 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. en-us. 6 August 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210806180412/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/hi/results/judo/athlete-profile-n1330766-polleres-michaela.htm.
  12. News: Lloyd. Owen. 18 February 2022. Japanese judoka Horikawa and Tanaka victorious at Tel Aviv Grand Slam. InsideTheGames.biz. 19 February 2022.