Lubjana Piovesana

Lubjana Piovesana
Lubjana Piovesana (blue) participates in the Austrian Damen-Bundesliga 2022
Lubjana Piovesana (blue) participates in the Austrian Frauen Bundesliga 2022
Personal information
NicknameLulu[2]
NationalityBritish, Austrian
Born (1997-01-03) 3 January 1997 (age 27)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Great Britain (until 2021)
 Austria (since 2023)
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍63 kg
Rank     1st dan black belt[1]
LeagueGerman Bundesliga
Austrian Bundesliga
Champions League (2019)
ClubLZ Hohenems[2]
TeamTSG Backnang
UJZ Mühlviertel
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2024)
World Champ.5th (2023)
European Champ.5th (2024)
Highest world ranking8[3]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Austria
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2024 Baku ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Zagreb ‍–‍63 kg
Representing  Great Britain
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Antalya ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍63 kg
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Győr ‍–‍63 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Zagreb ‍–‍63 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Miami ‍–‍63 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Athens ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF72508
JudoInside.com72037
Updated on 30 July 2024

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

Judo career

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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.[2]

2024 Summer Olympics

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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

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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

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She is in a relationship with Laurin Boehler.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Lubjana PIOVESANA". European Judo Union. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d "Hammerlos". Austrian Judo Federation. 26 January 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
  3. ^ "IJF.org - International Judo Federation". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Lubjana Piovesana IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Lubjana Piovesana JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Results 2019 Judo Grand Prix Marrakesh -63 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  7. ^ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 14 June 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Das ÖOC-Team für Paris: Fünf bis zehn Medaillen als Ziel" (in Austrian German). Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Der Bronzemedaille so nah: Judoka Lubjana Piovesana holt Blech". 30 July 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
  10. ^ Judoka Piovesana unterlag Superstar – Platz fünf in Paris (30. Juli 2024)
  11. ^ "GER - Germany wins against AUT - Austria 4 - 1" (PDF). 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ^ "JudoInside - Bundesliga finals 2019 women Wiesbaden Event". Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ^ Judoka (26 March 2023). "Bundesliga-Frauen gewinnen 12:2 in Homburg" (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  14. ^ Von jh (13 April 2024). "Bundesliga Frauen 1.Kampftag" (in German). Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  15. ^ "Liga Ergebnisse 2022 Damen-Bundesliga". Judo Austria. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
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