Mascha Ballhaus

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Mascha Ballhaus
Personal information
Born (2000-07-27) 27 July 2000 (age 24)
Hamburg, Germany
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Country Germany
Sport Judo
Weight class 52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games 7th (2024)
World Champ. Bronze medal world centered-2.svg (2024)
European Champ. Bronze medal europe.svg (2023)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Abu Dhabi 52 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Montpellier 52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Tashkent 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Abu Dhabi 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Baku 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Paris 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Tbilisi 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Tbilisi 52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Zagreb 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Odivelas 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2025 Linz 52 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Budapest 52 kg
World Cadets Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Santiago 48 kg
European Cadet Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Kaunas 48 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Vantaa 48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 22532
JudoInside.com 95436
Updated on 7 March 2025

Mascha Ballhaus (born 27 July 2000) is a German judoka. She won a bronze medal at the 2023 European Judo Championships and the 2024 World Judo Championships.

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Career

Ballhaus competed in the 48 kg category from 2016 to 2019. In 2016 she was third at the Cadet European Championships. In 2017 she won the individual and team competitions at the Cadet European Championships and finished second at the Cadet World Championships. [1] In 2018 and 2019 she finished fifth at the Junior European Championships.

In 2020, Ballhaus moved up to the 52 kg weight class. In November 2021 she finished second at the U23 European Championships behind Croatian Ana Viktorija Puljiz. [1] In April 2022, she reached the semifinals at the European Championships in Sofia. After the semifinal defeat against the British Chelsie Giles, she lost to against Distria Krasniqi from Kosovo for the bronze. [1] In January 2023, Ballhaus won her first German championship title. At the same championships, her twin sister Seija Ballhaus won in the weight class up to 57 kg division. [2] In March 2023, Mascha Ballhaus won the final of the Judo Grand Slam Tashkent against the Japanese Ai Shishime. [3] At the European Championships in Montpellier, she lost in the quarterfinals to the French Amandine Buchard. With victories over the Israeli Gefen Primo in the repechage round and over the Italian Odette Giuffrida in the fight for third place, Ballhaus won a bronze medal. [1] At the 2024 World Championships in Abu Dhabi, Ballhaus lost in the quarterfinals to Amandine Buchard. With victories over Brazilian Larissa Pimenta and Japanese Hibiki Shiraishi, Ballhaus secured a bronze medal at the World Championships. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Kampfbilanz". judoinside.com.
  2. "Deutsche Meisterschaften 2023". judoinside.com.
  3. "Mascha Ballhaus Builds her Victory". International Judo Federation.
  4. "Odette Giuffrida on Top of the World". International Judo Federation.