Kim Polling
Kim Polling (born 8 February 1991) is a judoka competing in the women's 70 kg division.[2] Since April 2024, Polling represents Italy,[1] having previously represented the Netherlands.
Quadruple European Champion Kim Polling was World #1 for 3 years.[citation needed] She bagged the gold at the 2021 Antalya Grand Slam. She won various different Grand Slams. She took gold at the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and the 2017 The Hague Grand Prix. Polling was World and European Junior Champion in 2010. Polling took bronze at the 2013 World Championships. Polling won four Judo World Masters in 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2019. She took gold at the 2016 Tbilisi Grand Prix and at the 2018 Tunis Grand Prix.
In 2021, Polling won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cowen, Thea (19 April 2024). "Polling for Italy: "Grateful. Proud. Excited."". European Judo Union. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "Kim Polling (Netherlands): Judo Career". judoinside.com. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (12 January 2021). "Four-time world champion Agbegnenou earns gold at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
External links
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Media related to Kim Polling at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Kim Polling at the International Judo Federation
- Kim Polling at the International Judo Federation
- Kim Polling at JudoInside.com
- Kim Polling at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Kim Polling at Olympics.com
- Kim Polling at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- Kim Polling at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Kim Polling at The-Sports.org
European Judo Championships — Women's Middleweight | |
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1974–97: –66 kg • 1998–present: –70 kg | |
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- 1991 births
- Living people
- Dutch female judoka
- Italian female judoka
- European Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
- European Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2015 European Games
- People from Leek, Netherlands
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for the Netherlands
- Olympic judoka for Italy
- Summer World University Games medalists in judo
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Judoka at the 2019 European Games
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- 21st-century Dutch women
- Sportspeople from Groningen (province)
- 21st-century Dutch sportswomen
- Dutch judo biography stubs