Timna Nelson-Levy Explained

Timna Nelson-Levy
Coach:[1]
Birth Date:7 July 1994
Birth Place:Jerusalem, Israel
Native Name Lang:heb
Nationality:Israeli
Height:170 cm[2]
Weight Class:57 kg (115-pound)
Rank:Black
Rank Ref:[3]
Dan:4
Olympics Rank:7
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Women's 57 kg
Worlds Rank:5
Worlds Year:2022
Worlds Weight:Women's 57 kg
Worlds Year2:2024
Worlds Weight2:Women's 57 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:1
Regionals Year:2022
Regionals Weight:Women's 57 kg
Highestranking:1st[4] [5]
Updated:20 May 2024

Timna Nelson-Levy (Hebrew: תמנע נלסון-לוי; born 7 July 1994) is an Israeli Olympic judoka.[6] She competes in the under 57 kg weight category and represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the mixed team event. In European Championships, she won a gold medal in 2022 and bronze in 2016 and 2024. Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 57 kg, coming in ninth, and in the mixed team event, at when Team Israel came in ninth.

Early life

Nelson-Levy was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish.[7] [8] She was named after the Timna Park just outside of Eilat, Israel, which her mother visited while pregnant with her.[8] Her Zionist American parents Shmuel (a former boxer and now a stockbroker) and Laura (a former swimmer and now a tour guide) had immigrated to Israel in 1985 shortly after getting married, several years prior to her birth, and resided in Jerusalem.[8] [9] [10] Before settling on judo at age 13, her first sports as a child were jujutsu and mixed martial arts; at 15 years of age she joined the Meitav Jerusalem Club.[1] [11] [8] She studies for a B.A. at Ono Academic College in Israel.[12] [13]

Judo career

2014–16; European championships bronze medal

Nelson-Levy competed in the 2014 European Cup U21 Prague, and won a gold medal, and the European Cup U21 Thessaloniki, and won a bronze medal.[6]

On 10 October 2015, Nelson-Levy won her first significant medal in a senior competition when she won a bronze medal at the European Open Lisbon in Portugal.[14] [15] She competed in the 2015 Belgian Ladies Open Arlon, and won a bronze medal.[6]

On 21 April, she competed in the 2016 European championships for the first time, in Kazan, Russia, and won a bronze medal.[16] [17] [18] Nelson-Levy defeated Anna Borowska of Poland in the first round, Hedvig Karakas of Hungary in the round of 16 and lost to Nora Gjakova of Kosovo in the quarter-finals. She went on to defeat Viola Wächter of Germany in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where she defeated Hélène Receveaux of France by ippon.[18] She competed as well in the 2016 European Open Sofia, in Bulgaria, and won a bronze medal.[6]

2017–21; Israeli Champion

Nelson-Levy competed in the 2017 Antalya Grand Prix in Turkey and the 2017 Tashkent Grand Prix in Uzbekistan, winning silver medals in both, and in the 2017 Baku Grand Slam, winning a bronze medal.[6] She competed in the 2017 New York Open Team Championships and won a gold medal.[6] She also competed in the Israeli Championships in Ra'anana, winning a gold medal.[6]

Nelson-Levy competed in the 2018 Agadir Grand Prix, winning a gold medal.[6] She also competed in the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix, the 2018 Cancún Grand Prix in Mexico and the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, winning a bronze medal in each.[6]

Nelson-Levy won a gold medal in the 2019 Tel Aviv Grand Prix in Israel.[6] She also competed in the 2019 Marrakesh Grand Prix and the 2019 Montreal Grand Prix, winning bronze medals in each.[6]

Nelson-Levy competed in the 2020 Budapest Grand Slam in Hungary, winning a bronze medal.[6]

Nelson-Levy competed in the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel, and won a gold medal.[6]

2020 Tokyo Olympics (in 2021); bronze medal

Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[19] Competing in the women's 57 kg weight category, Nelson-Levy stated at the round of 16, beating the Serbian 2020 European Junior Championships gold medalist Marica Perišić after a more than 10 minutes long match.[20] In the quarter-finals, she lost to Japanese 2018 World champion Tsukasa Yoshida. Next, Nelson-Levy faced Slovenian 2021 European championships silver medalist Kaja Kajzer, losing in golden score, and finishing the competition in 7th place.[21] [22] [23] [24] Nelson-Levy won a bronze medal in mixed team event.[6]

2022–present; European Champion

Nelson-Levy competed at the 2022 European Championships in Sofia and won the gold medal.[6] She defeated Olympic silver medalist Sarah-Léonie Cysique in the final.[9] She said: "It’s a dream. I gave everything."[9] She competed at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam, the 2022 Antalya Grand Slam, the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongolia and the 2022 Budapest Grand Slam, winning a bronze medal in each.[6]

Nelson-Levy competed in the 2023 European Championships Open in Kosovo and won the silver medal.[6] Nelson-Levy competed in the 2023 Tel Aviv Grand Slam and the 2023 Baku Grand Slam, winning bronze medals in both.[6] She also competed in the Israeli Championships in Eilat and won the gold medal.[6]

Nelson-Levy competed at the 2024 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and won a bronze medal.[6]

2024 Paris Olympics

Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 57 kg, and defeated Kaja Kajzer of Slovenia in the round-of-32 but lost to World Champion Mimi Huh from South Korea, and came in ninth.[25] She also competed in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth.[26]

Titles

Sources:[27] [6]

Year Tournament Place Ref.
2016
2017[28] [29]
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[32] [33]
2018[34] [35]
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[40] [41]
2019[42] [43]
[44] [45] [46]
[47] [48]
2020[49] [50] [51]
2021[52] [53]
2022[54] [55] [56]
[57] [58] [59]
[60] [61] [62]
[63] [64] [65]
[66] [67] [68]
2023[69] [70] [71]
2024[72] [73] [74]

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Timna NELSON LEVY . JudoTV . 8 July 2024.
  3. Web site: Association board meeting protocol 23 May 2023 . . 21 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230821211935/https://www.ija.org.il/html5/web/11009/40710ImageFile3.pdf . 21 August 2023 . 23 May 2023 . he.
  4. Web site: IJF World Ranking List . . 25 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220725105343/https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2022/07/ijf_sen_wrl_2022_07_25-1658740-1658740870.pdf . 25 July 2022 . 37 . 25 July 2022.
  5. Web site: World Ranking List, Women –57 kg . . 27 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627082556/https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=10&view=expanded . 27 June 2022 . 27 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Timna Nelson-Levy . JudoInside . 25 April 2018.
  7. Web site: Timna Nelson Levy . . 8 July 2024.
  8. News: Spiro . Amy . The Israeli Olympic medalist putting judo competition in a full Nelson-Levy . 8 July 2024 . . 1 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210901033801/https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-israeli-olympic-medalist-putting-judo-competition-in-a-full-nelson-levy . 1 September 2021.
  9. News: Israel’s Timna Nelson-Levy wins historic gold medal at European Judo Championships . 8 July 2024 . . 29 April 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220429205219/https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-timna-nelson-levy-wins-historic-gold-medal-at-european-judo-championships . 29 April 2022.
  10. News: Halickman . Joshua . Tel Aviv Grand Slam gold medalist Timna Nelson-Levy living her best life . 3 January 2022 . . 26 February 2021.
  11. News: Reform pride at the Olympics . 3 January 2022 . . he.
  12. Web site: Ono Student and Olympic Competitor Comes in 5th in World Judo Championship . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240706023923/https://www.ono.ac.il/eng/news/ono-student-and-olympic-competitor-comes-in-5th-in-world-judo-championship . 6 July 2024.
  13. Web site: Our Alumni — Timna Nelson-Levy . . 8 July 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240706023920/https://www.ono.ac.il/eng/alumni/timna-nelson-levy . 6 July 2024.
  14. Web site: 2015 European Open Lisbon . JudoInside. 9 June 2021.
  15. News: Sinai . Allon . New wave of Israeli judokas set to make mark on the mat . 28 June 2021 . . 11 April 2018.
  16. Web site: 2016 European Championships. . 15 January 2021.
  17. Web site: 2016 European Championships . JudoInside. 9 June 2021.
  18. News: Sinai . Allon . Nelson Levy medals for Israel at Euros . 28 June 2021 . . 22 April 2016.
  19. Web site: Israel's pursuit for Olympic judo gold . Olympics.com . 5 May 2021 . 25 June 2021 . 28 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210628053241/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/israel-s-pursuit-for-olympic-judo-gold . dead .
  20. Web site: Judo - Nelson Levy Timna vs Perisic Marica - Elimination round Of 16 Results . . 26 July 2021 . 2 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210802203631/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/results-women-57-kg-8fnl-000600-.htm . dead .
  21. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics. . 22 July 2021.
  22. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics — Individual. JudoInside . 22 July 2021.
  23. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics. . 22 July 2021.
  24. Web site: 2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women 57 kg Schedule. 2020 Summer Olympics. 22 July 2021. 26 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210726013611/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/judo/event-schedule-women-57-kg.htm. dead.
  25. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-812447 "Up-and-down day for Israel's blue-and-white in Paris Olympics,"
  26. Web site: Israel's delegation to the 2024 Paris Olympic Games . . 26 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626074302/https://wingate.org.il/משלחת-ישראל-למשחקים-האולימפיים-פריז-2024 . 26 June 2024 . he . 25 June 2024.
  27. Web site: Timna Nelson-Levy — Tournament results . . 15 January 2021.
  28. Web site: 2017 Grand Slam Baku . . 15 January 2021.
  29. Web site: 2017 Grand Slam Baku . JudoInside . 14 June 2021.
  30. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Antalya. . 15 January 2021.
  31. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Antalya . JudoInside . 14 June 2021.
  32. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Tashkent . . 15 January 2021.
  33. Web site: 2017 Grand Prix Tashkent . JudoInside. 14 June 2021.
  34. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Agadir. . 15 January 2021.
  35. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Agadir . JudoInside. 14 June 2021.
  36. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Tbilisi . . 15 January 2021.
  37. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Tbilisi . JudoInside . 14 June 2021.
  38. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Cancún. . 15 January 2021.
  39. Web site: 2018 Grand Prix Cancún . JudoInside.com . 14 June 2021.
  40. Web site: 2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi . . 15 January 2021.
  41. Web site: 2018 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi . JudoInside.com . 14 June 2021.
  42. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv. . 15 January 2021.
  43. Web site: 2019 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . JudoInside.com . 14 June 2019.
  44. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Marrakesh. . 15 January 2021.
  45. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Marrakesh. JudoInside.com . 14 June 2021.
  46. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Marrakesh. . 14 June 2021.
  47. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Montreal. . 15 January 2021.
  48. Web site: 2019 Grand Prix Montreal. JudoInside.com . 14 June 2021.
  49. Web site: 2020 Grand Slam Hungary . . 15 January 2021.
  50. Web site: 2020 Grand Slam Budapest . JudoInside.com . 14 June 2021.
  51. Web site: 2020 Grand Slam Budapest . . 14 June 2021.
  52. Web site: 2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv. . 18 February 2021.
  53. Web site: 2021 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . JudoInside.com . 14 June 2021.
  54. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . . 18 February 2022.
  55. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . JudoInside.com . 18 February 2022.
  56. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . live.ijf.org . 18 February 2022.
  57. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Antalya . . 2 April 2022.
  58. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Antalya . JudoInside.com . 2 April 2022.
  59. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Antalya . live.ijf.org . 2 April 2022.
  60. Web site: 2022 European Championships. . 29 April 2022.
  61. Web site: 2022 European Championships . JudoInside.com . 29 April 2022.
  62. Web site: 2022 European Championships . live.ijf.org . 29 April 2022.
  63. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar . . 25 June 2022.
  64. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar . JudoInside . 25 June 2022.
  65. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Ulaanbaatar . live.ijf.org . 25 June 2022.
  66. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Budapest . . 9 July 2022.
  67. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Budapest . JudoInside . 9 July 2022.
  68. Web site: 2022 Grand Slam Budapest . live.ijf.org . 9 July 2022.
  69. Web site: 2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . . 16 February 2023.
  70. Web site: 2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . JudoInside . 16 February 2023.
  71. Web site: 2023 Grand Slam Tel Aviv . live.ijf.org . 16 February 2023.
  72. Web site: 2024 European Championships. . 4 May 2024.
  73. Web site: 2024 European Championships . JudoInside. 4 May 2024.
  74. Web site: 2024 European Championships . Judo TV . 4 May 2024.

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