Abigél Joó

Abigél Joó (born 6 August 1990 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian judoka.^[1]

Abigél Joó

Personal information
Nationality	Hungarian
Born	(1990-08-06) 6 August 1990 (age 34) Budapest, Hungary
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Hungary
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–70 kg / –78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	5th (2012)
World Champ.	7th (2011)
European Champ.	(2010, 2012)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Hungary European Championships 2010 Vienna –78 kg 2012 Chelyabinsk –78 kg 2009 Miskolc Women's team 2013 Budapest –78 kg 2014 Montpellier –78 kg 2017 Warsaw –78 kg World Masters 2013 Tyumen –78 kg 2011 Baku –78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2013 Baku –78 kg 2013 Moscow –78 kg 2011 Moscow –78 kg 2010 Moscow –78 kg 2011 Paris –78 kg 2014 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2015 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2017 Baku –78 kg 2017 Ekaterinburg –78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2011 Baku –78 kg 2011 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2016 Havana –78 kg 2016 Zagreb –78 kg 2016 Tashkent –78 kg 2014 Zagreb –78 kg 2014 Budapest –78 kg 2014 Ulaanbaatar –78 kg 2015 Düsseldorf –78 kg 2015 Zagreb –78 kg 2016 Budapest –78 kg European U23 Championships 2009 Antalya –70 kg 2010 Sarajevo –78 kg 2011 Tyumen –78 kg 2012 Prague –78 kg 2007 Salzburg –63 kg World Juniors Championships 2008 Bangkok –70 kg 2009 Paris –70 kg European Junior Championships 2008 Warsaw –70 kg 2009 Yerevan –70 kg 2007 Prague –63 kg European Cadet Championships 2006 Miskolc –63 kg Summer Universiade 2013 Kazan –78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	1086
JudoInside.com	38707
Updated on 11 November 2022

Joó won the 2010 European Championships in the -78 kg event, and regained her title in 2012. Since then, she has won three bronze medals in 2013, 2014 and 2017.^[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 the 2012 Summer Olympics in the -78 kg event.^[4] She beat Audrey Koumba in her first match, before losing to Kayla Harrison. As Harrison reached the final, Joó was entered into the repechage. In the repechage, she beat Daria Pogorzelec before losing her bronze medal match to Audrey Tcheuméo.^[1] During her match against Harrison, Joó tore knee ligaments, restricting her performance.^[5][6][7]

Joó competed in the same division at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She won her first match against Pürevjargalyn Lkhamdegd, then beat Mami 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 to Yalennis 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]