Ai Tsunoda

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Ai Tsunoda
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Personal information
Full nameAi Tsunoda Roustant
Born (2002-04-19) 19 April 2002 (age 22)
Lleida, Spain
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Spain
Sport Judo
Weight class 70 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games 5th (2024)
World Champ. R16 (2023, 2024)
European Champ. Bronze medal europe.svg (2024)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Zagreb 70 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Paris 70 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Tbilisi 70 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Baku 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tokyo 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Antalya 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Tokyo 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Antalya 70 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Tel Aviv 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Almada 70 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Olbia 70 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Guayaquil 70 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Prague 70 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Vantaa 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2020 Poreč 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Luxembourg 70 kg
World Cadets Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Almaty 70 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Warsaw 70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 51204
JudoInside.com 117449
Updated on 31 July 2024

Ai Tsunoda Roustant (born 19 April 2002) is a Spanish judoka. [1] She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Early life

She was born in Lleida, Spain, to Japanese father, Go Tsunoda, and a French mother, Céline Roustant, who both practised judoka. She studies at Tokai University. [2] [3]

Career

Junior career: Double World Champion

She was a bronze medalist at 2020 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv in January 2020. She won both the 2021 and 2022 World Judo Juniors Championships in the 70kg category. [4] [5]

2023

Stepping into the senior ranks, she was on the podium numerous times in 2023. She won the 70kg category at 2023 Judo Grand Slam Paris in February 2023. [6] [7] She was a bronze medalist at 2023 Judo Grand Slam Antalya in April 2023. [8] She was a silver medalist at 2023 Judo Grand Slam Baku in September 2023. [9] She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 Judo Grand Slam Tokyo in December 2023. [10]

2024

She was a bronze medalist at 2024 Judo Grand Slam Antalya in March 2024. [11] [12] She was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Judo Championships in Zagreb in May 2024 in the Women's 70 kg. [13] She was selected for the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 70 kg. [14]

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