Jessica Klimkait

Jessica Klimkait
Klimkait (right) in 2018
Personal information
Born (1996-12-31) 31 December 1996
OccupationJudoka
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Country Canada
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍57 kg, ‍–‍63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2021)
Pan American Champ. (2017)
Commonwealth Games5th (2014)
Highest world ranking1st
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
World Championships
2021 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
2022 Tashkent ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
Pan American Championships
2017 Panama City ‍–‍57 kg
2018 San José ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Calgary ‍–‍57 kg
World Masters
2023 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍57 kg
2019 Qingdao ‍–‍57 kg
2021 Doha ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2018 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍57 kg
2020 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
2022 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍57 kg
2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍57 kg
2025 Baku ‍–‍63 kg
2019 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
2021 Antalya ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg
2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍57 kg
2019 Osaka ‍–‍57 kg
2022 Budapest ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Tbilisi ‍–‍57 kg
2023 Tokyo ‍–‍57 kg
2024 Paris ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
2025 Lima ‍–‍63 kg
2018 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
2018 Zagreb ‍–‍57 kg
2018 Cancún ‍–‍57 kg
2019 Montreal ‍–‍57 kg
2025 Guadalajara ‍–‍63 kg
2017 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
2019 Hohhot ‍–‍57 kg
World Cadets Championships
2013 Miami ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7725
JudoInside.com80703
Updated on 19 October 2025

Jessica Klimkait (born 31 December 1996) is a Canadian Judoka who competes in the women's 57 kg category. In 2021 she became Canada's second judo world champion, defeating Momo Tamaoki of Japan in the women's lightweight (57 kg) final at the championships in Budapest, Hungary; the win also qualified her for the Tokyo Olympic Games. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 57 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.