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Christa Deguchi

Christa Deguchi

Canadian judoka (born 1995)

Christa Deguchi (出口 クリスタ Deguchi Christa, born 29 October 1995) is a Canadian judoka.[1]

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In 2017, Deguchi switched to representing Canada from where she was born, Japan. Deguchi's dad is from Canada and this allowed her to compete for the country. In 2012, Deguchi was approached to represent Canada, before she competed for Japan but she refused. Realizing her best bet to make the Olympics would be competing for Canada, Deguchi eventually agreed to represent Canada.[2][3]

Career

Deguchi participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships, winning a bronze medal. This made her the first female judoka representing Canada to win a World Judo Championships medal.[4][5] She won her first gold medal in the 2019 world championship

In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[6] In August 2022, competing in her first major multi-sport event, the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Deguchi won the gold medal, defeating Acelya Toprak of England in the gold medal match of the 57 kg event.[7][8]

In 2022, she won gold at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Baku.[9]

International Results

Representing Canada

As of 27 August 2019

International Medals[10]
1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships 1 0 1
World Masters 0 0 0
Grand Slam 3 0 0
Continental Championships 2 0 0
Grand Prix 3 0 1
Continental Open 1 0 0
Totals 10 0 2
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Representing Japan

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    IJF profile
  2. [2]
    Young, Henry (22 September 2018). "Christa Deguchi: The judoka who could come back to haunt Japan". Atlanta, Georgia, USA: CNN. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Christa Deguchi to Don Canada's Colours for the First Time". www.judocanada.org/. Judo Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Christa Deguchi first-ever Canadian woman to medal at judo worlds". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. [5]
    "Canada's Christa Deguchi claims bronze medal at judo world championship". Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press. 22 September 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. [6]
    Shefferd, Neil (1 April 2021). "Canadian and Italian national rivals compete for gold on opening day of IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  7. [7]
    Ibrahim, Abdulhamid (31 July 2022). "Christa Deguchi needs to 'chill': Canadian judoka chasing Olympic dream at Commonwealth Games". www.cbc.ca/sports/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Canadian Press. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  8. [8]
    "Charron, Deguchi and McIntosh top the podium for Canada at Commonwealth Games". www.sportsnet.ca/. Sportsnet. Canadian Press. 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  9. [9]
    Nichols, Paula (4 November 2022). "Deguchi captures judo gold medal at Baku Grand Slam". Team Canada – Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  10. [10]
    "Christa DEGUCHI / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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