Miriam Butkereit

Miriam Butkereit (born 8 May 1994) is a German judoka. She is an Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 70kg event. Butkereit is also a two-time Grand Slam individual champion. As part of the Germany team she is a World Championships bronze medalist and a European Championships silver medalist in the mixed team category.

Career Butkereit took part in the 2020 European Championships in the women's 70 kg category, losing in the quarter-finals. In 2022 she reached the bronze medal match in the women's 70 kg category of the 2022 World Championships, but missed a medal after losing the bout to Saki Niizoe of Japan. In the mixed team event at the same competition Butkereit finished third with Germany.

In the women's 70 kg event of the 2023 World Championships in Doha, Butkereit entered in the second round but was unable to proceed far in the tournament, losing to Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown in her second bout. During the Mixed Team Judo Championships at the 2023 European Games, Butkereit was part of the Germany team which finished second. In March 2024 she won her second Grand Slam gold at the 2024 Tashkent Grand Slam, defeating Margaux Pinot of France in the final. In August 2024 Butkereit participated in the women's 70 kg category at the Paris Olympics, where she beat Austrian Michaela Polleres in the semi-finals. In the final she lost to Croatian judoka Barbara Matić, world number one, therefore winning the silver medal.