Sharon Susan RendleMBE is a female retired judoka from the United Kingdom.
Majlinda Kelmendi is a Kosovan-Albanian former judoka and judo coach.
Tsend-Ayush Naranjargal is a female Mongolian judoka. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 70 kg event, in which she was eliminated in the first round by Esther Stam.
Odette Giuffrida is an Italian judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She competed at the 2023 World Judo Championships, where she placed third in the women's 52 kg.
A total of 393, 128 athletes could qualify for judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The 2020 Olympics were postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each NOC could enter a maximum of 14 judokas. Host nation Japan has reserved a spot in each of all 14 events, while twenty are made available to NOCs through a Tripartite Commission Invitation.
Uta Abe is a Japanese judoka who competes in the Women's half-lightweight division. She won the gold medal in the Women's 52 kg competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics and two silver medals in a row with the Japanese team in the judo mixed team events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics. Abe is also a four-time world champion, having won the gold medal in her weight category at the World Judo Championships in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023.
Distria Krasniqi is a Kosovar Albanian judoka. She is a two-time Olympic medallist and won the gold medal in the women's 48-kg judo event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and the silver medal in the women's 52-kg judo event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Krasniqi is also a two-time World Championships bronze medallist and two-time European champion. In August 2021, she was awarded the Honor of the Nation Decoration of Albania by the President of Albania.
Diyora Keldiyorova is an Uzbek judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. She is also a two-time silver medalist in the women's 52 kg event at the World Judo Championships.
Larissa Cincinato Pimenta is a Brazilian judoka. A two-time Olympian, she won the bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. At the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru, she won the gold medal in the 52 kg event. She is also a five-time gold medalist in her event at the Pan American Judo Championships.
Kachakorn Warasiha is a Thai judoka. She is a gold medalist in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games held in the Philippines. She is also a bronze medalist in this event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Park Da-sol is a South Korean judoka. She won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2018 Asian Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia. In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Rim Song-sim is a North Korean judoka. She is a bronze medalist at the 2018 Asian Games. She competed at the World Judo Championships in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018.
Chelsie Giles is a British judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Giles' medal was the first awarded to Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Réka Pupp is a Hungarian judoka. She is a two-time bronze medalist at the European Judo Championships and she competed at multiple editions of the World Judo Championships. She also represented Hungary at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the European Games in 2015 and 2019.
Soumiya Iraoui is a Moroccan judoka. Iraoui is a silver medalist from the 2019 African Games and a six-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the African Judo Championships. Iraoui also represented Morocco at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
Ana Isabel Pérez Box is a Spanish judoka. She won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.
Fabienne Kocher is a Swiss judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She also represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the judo at the 2023 Pan American Games competitions.
Abiba Abuzhakynova is a Kazakhstani judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 48 kg event at the 2022 World Judo Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She also won a bronze medal in this event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
