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Timna Nelson-Levy

Timna Nelson-Levy is an Israeli judoka in the under 57 kg category who won an Olympic bronze medal in the mixed team event at the 2020 Summer Olympics and became European champion in 2022.

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Born: 7 July 1994, Jerusalem
Occupation: judoka

Timna Nelson-Levy was born in 1994 in Jerusalem

Nelson-Levy was born in Jerusalem on 7 July 1994. Her parents, Shmuel and Laura, were Zionist Americans who moved to Israel in 1985 and lived in Jerusalem. She was named after Timna Park near Eilat, which her mother visited while pregnant.

As a child she trained in jujutsu and mixed martial arts before turning to judo at 13. She later joined the Meitav Jerusalem Club. She studies for a bachelor's degree at Ono Academic College.

She won bronze at the 2016 European Championships in Kazan in her first appearance there. She went on to win Grand Prix events in Agadir in 2018 and Tel Aviv in 2019, and the Tel Aviv Grand Slam in 2021.

At the Tokyo 2020 Olympics she placed 7th in the individual event and won bronze with the Israeli mixed team. She became European champion in Sofia in 2022, beating Sarah-Léonie Cysique in the final, and won bronze again in Zagreb in 2024. At the 2024 Paris Olympics she finished 9th.

Milestones in Timna Nelson-Levy's life

1994
Born in Jerusalem.
2015
Won bronze at the European Open Lisbon.
2016
Won bronze at the European Championships in Kazan.
2018
Won gold at the Agadir Grand Prix.
2021
Won Olympic bronze with the Israeli mixed team in Tokyo.
2022
Became European champion in Sofia.
2024
Won bronze at the European Championships and competed at the Paris Olympics.