Gefen Primo

Gefen Primo (גפן פרימו; born 26 March 2000) is an Israeli judoka.[1] She competes in the under 52 kg weight category, and won a bronze medal in the 2018 European Judo Championships.

Gefen Primo
Born (2000-03-26) 26 March 2000
Native nameגפן פרימו
NationalityIsraeli
Weight52 kg (115 lb; 8 st 3 lb)
StyleJudo
Medal record
Representing  Israel
European Championships
2018 Tel Aviv –52 kg

Career

On September 15, 2017, Primo competed at the european u21 championships in Maribor and won a bronze medal after defeating Buyankhishig Purevsuren of Mongolia.[2] On February 3, 2018, Primo competed at her first international senior competition at the 'European Open Lisbon' and won a bronze medal when she defeated Lyudmyla Pliieva of Ukraine on the medal match. On March 9, she won her first IJF World Tour medal when she won a bronze medal at the Grand Prix Agadir.[3]

On April 26, 2018, Primo took part in the european championships in Tel Aviv and won a bronze medal in the under 52 kg weight category and became the youngest Israeli judoka to win a european championships medal. In the first round she defeated Sofia Asvesta of Cyprus by waza-ari and ippon, in the second round she defeated Charline Van Snick of Belgium by ippon. In the quarter finals she lost to Evelyne Tschopp of Switzerland. She went on to defeat Anja Stangar of Slovenia in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where she defeated Irem Korkmaz of Turkey by two waza-ari after her opponent scored one.[4]

References
  1. "Gefen Primo, Judoka, JudoInside". Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. Results - European Championship U21 2017: U52 weight category, at JudoInside.com
  3. Results - Grand Prix Agadir 2018: U52 weight category, at JudoInside.com
  4. Results - European Championships 2018, at JudoInside.com
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