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Nickname | Lulu [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British, Austrian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 3 January 1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain (until 2021) Austria (since 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –63 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 1st dan black belt [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | German Bundesliga Austrian Bundesliga Champions League (2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | LZ Hohenems [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | TSG Backnang UJZ Mühlviertel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | 5th (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 5th (2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. | 5th (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 8 [3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 30 July 2024 |
Lubjana Piovesana (born 3 January 1997) is a British and Austrian judoka. [4] [5]
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]
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]
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]
She is in a relationship with Laurin Boehler. [1]
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