Timna Nelson-Levy

Timna Nelson-Levy (Hebrew: תמנע נלסון-לוי; born 7 July 1994) is an Israeli Olympic judoka.

[6] She competes in the under 57 kg weight category and represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the mixed team event.

[8] Her Zionist American parents Shmuel (a former boxer and now a stockbroker) and Laura (a former swimmer and now a tour guide) had immigrated to Israel in 1985 shortly after getting married, several years prior to her birth, and resided in Jerusalem.

[6] On 21 April, she competed in the 2016 European championships for the first time, in Kazan, Russia, and won a bronze medal.

[6] Nelson-Levy competed in the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel, and won a gold medal.

[19] Competing in the women's 57 kg weight category, Nelson-Levy stated at the round of 16, beating the Serbian 2020 European Junior Championships gold medalist Marica Perišić after a more than 10 minutes long match.

Next, Nelson-Levy faced Slovenian 2021 European championships silver medalist Kaja Kajzer, losing in golden score, and finishing the competition in 7th place.

[6] Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the women's 57 kg, and defeated Kaja Kajzer of Slovenia in the round-of-32 but lost to World Champion Mimi Huh from South Korea, and came in ninth.