Lubjana Piovesana (born 3 January 1997) is a British and Austrian
judoka
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. She has won two gold medals in
Judo Grand Slam
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events and took part in the
2024 Summer Olympics
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.
Judo career
Piovesana is the
2018 U23 European Champion. In 2019 she was the youngest judoka from Great Britain on the
IJF World Tour. She is a bronze medalist from the
2019 Judo Grand Prix Marrakesh in the 63 kg category.
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.
In January 2023 Piovesana became part of the
Austria National Team.
She won gold at the
2024 Judo Grand Slam Baku in the 63 kg category. She was top seed at the
2024 Judo Grand Slam Dushanbe
The 2024 Judo Grand Slam Dushanbe was held at the Kasri Tennis arena in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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and won a gold medal at the event in the same category.
2024 Summer Olympics
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
Aaron Fara (born 21 June 1997) is an Austrian retired judoka. He holds a rank of Sandan.
Judo career
Fara's home club is the JC Wimpassing. In 2013 he passed the Shodan exam. In 2015 he moved to the Galaxy Judo Tigers in Perchtoldsdorf. The ...
). 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
Clarisse Bogdanna Agbegnenou (born 25 October 1992) is a French judoka. Competing in the −63 kg weight division she won the European title in 2013, the world title in 2014, an Olympic silver medal at the Rio 2016 Games, an Olympic gold medal ...
with an ippon score by throw and took fifth place. The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4–1 and the Austrian team took ninth place.
Club championships
Piovesana fought for
TSG Backnang
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The clu ...
in the German Judo Bundesliga in 2019, 2023 and 2024.
In 2022 Piovesana fought in the Austrian Damen-Bundesliga for the team UJZ Mühlviertel. Piovesana won three out of the four matches she took part in. Her only loss came against
Michaela Polleres.
Personal life
Piovesana is in a relationship with
Laurin Boehler.
Piovesana's younger brother was found dead in England in March 2025.
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1997 births
Living people
Austrian female judoka
British female judoka
British emigrants to Austria
Austrian people of Italian descent
Austrian people of Belgian descent
English people of Italian descent
English people of Belgian descent
Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
21st-century Austrian sportswomen