Timna Nelson-Levy

Timna Nelson-Levy (; born 7 July 1994) is an Israeli Olympic judoka. She competes in the under 57 kg weight category and represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the mixed team event. In European Championships, she won a gold medal in 2022 and bronze in 2016 and 2024. Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 57 kg, coming in ninth, and in the mixed team event, at when Team Israel came in ninth.

Early life Nelson-Levy was born in Jerusalem, Israel, and is Jewish. She was named after the Timna Park just outside of Eilat, Israel, which her mother visited while pregnant with her. Before settling on judo at age 13, her first sports as a child were jujutsu and mixed martial arts; at 15 years of age she joined the Meitav Jerusalem Club.

Judo career 2014–16; European championships bronze medal Nelson-Levy competed in the 2014 European Cup U21 Prague, and won a gold medal, and the European Cup U21 Thessaloniki, and won a bronze medal. She competed in the 2015 Belgian Ladies Open Arlon, and won a bronze medal. Nelson-Levy defeated Anna Borowska of Poland in the first round, Hedvig Karakas of Hungary in the round of 16 and lost to Nora Gjakova of Kosovo in the quarter-finals. She went on to defeat Viola Wächter of Germany in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where she defeated Hélène Receveaux of France by ippon. Competing in the women's 57 kg weight category, Nelson-Levy stated at the round of 16, beating the Serbian 2020 European Junior Championships gold medalist Marica Perišić after a more than 10 minutes long match. In the quarter-finals, she lost to Japanese 2018 World champion Tsukasa Yoshida. Next, Nelson-Levy faced Slovenian 2021 European championships silver medalist Kaja Kajzer, losing in golden score, and finishing the competition in 7th place. Nelson-Levy won a bronze medal in mixed team event. She also competed in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth.

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