Abigél Joó (born 6 August 1990 inBudapest,Hungary) is a Hungarianjudoka.[1]
Joó won the2010 European Championships in the -78 kg event, and regained her title in2012. Since then, she has won three bronze medals in2013,2014 and2017.[2] As a junior, she had won bronze medals at the world junior championships in 2008 and 2009, in the 70 kg division.[2] At European level, she won the European junior title at -70 kg in 2008 and 2009, having won the bronze medal in 2007 in the -63 kg division.[2] She also won four European under-23 titles.[3]
She competed at the2012 Summer Olympics in the-78 kg event.[4] She beatAudrey Koumba in her first match, before losing toKayla Harrison. As Harrison reached the final, Joó was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, she beatDaria Pogorzelec before losing her bronze medal match toAudrey Tcheuméo.[1] During her match against Harrison, Joó tore knee ligaments, restricting her performance.[5][6][7]
Joó competed in the same division at the2016 Summer Olympics. She won her first match againstPürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd, then beatMami Umeki before losing to Harrison in quarterfinals. Because Harrison again reached the final, Joó was entered into the repechage, where she lost her first repechage match toYalennis Castillo.[1]
In 2017, she married shortly after the European championships and is now sometimes under the name of Abigél Erdelyi-Joo.[3][8] In 2017, she also won her ninth Hungarian national title.[9]
European Judo Championships — Women's Half Heavyweight | |
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