[3][4] She received a gold medal after winning the women's 57 kg judo competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Coached by Driton Kuka, Gjakova meanwhile won 11 World Cup medals.

On 21 April 2016, she earned a bronze medal at the 2016 European Judo Championships in Kazan, Russia.

[8] In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.

[9][10] A few months later, she won the gold medal in women's 57 kg at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.