Lubjana Piovesana

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Lubjana Piovesana
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Lubjana Piovesana (blue) participates in the Austrian Frauen Bundesliga 2022
Personal information
NicknameLulu [1]
NationalityBritish, Austrian
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain (until 2021)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria (since 2023)
Sport Judo
Weight class 63 kg
Rank      1st dan black belt [2]
League German Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
Champions League (2019)
ClubLZ Hohenems [1]
TeamTSG Backnang
UJZ Mühlviertel
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games 5th (2024)
World Champ. 5th (2023)
European Champ. 5th (2024)
Highest world ranking8 [3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Baku 63 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Dushanbe 63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Abu Dhabi 63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Zagreb 63 kg
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Antalya 63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Cancún 63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Tbilisi 63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Marrakesh 63 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Győr 63 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Zagreb 63 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Miami 63 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Athens 63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 72508
JudoInside.com 72037
Updated on 30 July 2024

Lubjana Piovesana (born 3 January 1997) is a British and Austrian judoka. [4] [5]

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Judo career

Piovesana is the 2018 U23 European Champion. She is a bronze medalist from the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Marrakesh in the 63 kg category. [6] In addition she is the youngest medalist from Great Britain on the IJF World Tour.[ citation needed ]

She collected 1811 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking and did not qualify for the Summer Games in Tokyo with 35th place in her weight class. [7]

Since January 2023 Piovesana is part of the Austria National Team. [1]

2024 Summer Olympics

Lubjana Piovesana took part in the 2024 Olympic Games in both the weight class -63 kg and in the mixed team (together with Katharina Tanzer, Michaela Polleres, Samuel Gaßner, Wachid Borchashvili and Aaron Fara). [8] She reached the final block in her weight class and fought her way into a duel for bronze. There she lost to the Frenchwoman Clarisse Agbegnenou with an ippon score by throw [9] and took fifth place. [10] The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4:1 and the Austrian team took ninth place. [11]

Club championships

Piovesana fought for TSG Backnang in the German Judo Bundesliga in 2019, [12] 2023 [13] und 2024. [14]

In 2022 Piovesana fought in the Austrian Damen-Bundesliga for the team UJZ Mühlviertel. Piovesana had four matches and won three of them. She only lost against Michaela Polleres. [15]

Personal life

She is in a relationship with Laurin Boehler. [1]

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