Daniela Krukower

Daniela Krukower
Personal information
Full nameDaniela Yael Krukower
Born6 January 1975 (1975-01-06) (age 49)
Buenos Aires, Argentina
OccupationJudoka
Websitekrukower.com Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryArgentina
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍63 kg
Rank     7th dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games5th (2004)
World Champ.Gold (2003)
Pan American Champ. (2003, 2009)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Argentina
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Osaka ‍–‍63 kg
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Salvador ‍–‍63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2009 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 1999 Montevideo ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2007 Montreal ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Santo Domingo ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Caguas ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Miami ‍–‍63 kg
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg
Silver medal – second place 2002 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg
Representing  Israel
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal – second place 1997 Israel ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF2670
JudoInside.com411
Updated on 6 January 2022

Daniela Yael Krukower (Hebrew: דניאלה קרוקובר; born 6 January 1975 in Colegiales, Buenos Aires[2]) is a former judoka from Argentina.[3]

Biography

Krukower was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Jewish family, and at an early age moved with her family to Israel where Daniela was introduced to judo. In the mid 90s Israel judo had two promising female judoka, Einat Yaron[4] and Daniela, both competing in the -63 category. The two girls were more rivals than they were friends. Daniela thought Yaron was favoured by the Israel Judo Association and since the IFJ limits each country to one participant in each category at the Olympic Games she decided to represent her birth country Argentina.[5]

She retired at beginning of 2009/10 season due to lack of motivation after winning gold at 2009 Pan American Judo Championships.[6]

Judo

In 1997, Krukower won a silver medal in judo at U66 at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.[7]

The highlight of Daniela's career came at the World Judo Championships in Osaka. In the final she beat, by ippon, Cuban Olympic gold medalist Driulys González. She was not considered a favourite before the championships, but was a known competitor. After her win, Daniela became a celebrity in Argentina and a medal hope for the Olympic Games the following year.

Unlike at the World Championships in Osaka, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Krukower came as big favourite. She won her first two fights by golden score and in the semi-final she faced Ayumi Tanimoto from Japan. Early in the fight, following a technique by the Japanese judoka, Daniela broke her hand. The extent of the injury was serious and Krukower could not continue in tournament. Driulys González her next potential opponent won the bronze medal without a fight. In result of the injury the Argentine media call Daniela "Iron Lady".[8]

Krukower went on to compete but managed only continental successes.

In the judo competition at the 2005 Maccabiah Games, she won a silver medal when 17-year-old Alice Schlesinger defeated her in the final.[9][10]

Achievements

Year Tournament Place Weight class
2000 Summer Olympic Games 9th Middleweight (- 70 kg)
2004 Summer Olympic Games 5th Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008 Summer Olympic Games 9th Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
Year Tournament Place Weight class
1997 World Judo Championships AC Middleweight (- 66 kg)
2001 World Judo Championships DNS -
2003 World Judo Championships 1st Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2005 World Judo Championships AC Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2007 World Judo Championships 9th Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
Year Tournament Place Weight class
2003 Pan American Games 3rd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2007 Pan American Games 3rd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
Year Tournament Place Weight class
2005 Pan American Judo Championships 3rd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2006 Pan American Judo Championships 3rd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2007 Pan American Judo Championships 2nd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2008 Pan American Judo Championships 3rd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2009 Pan American Judo Championships 1st Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
Year Tournament Place Weight class
2002 South American Games 2nd Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)
2006 South American Games 1st Half-Middleweight (- 63 kg)

See also

References

  1. ^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Red Marcial". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniela Krukower". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "JudoInside - Einat Yaron Judoka".
  5. ^ "Judo / Israeli squad leaves Japan empty-handed". Haaretz.
  6. ^ "La Judoca Daniela Krukower le Puso Fin a Su Exitosa Carrera". Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010.
  7. ^ "JudoInside - Maccabiah Games Tel Aviv Event".
  8. ^ "la dama de hierro"
  9. ^ Ynetnews, By (20 June 1995). "Maccabiah day 1: Swimming records set". Ynetnews. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
  10. ^ Kaplowitz, Aaron (14 July 2005). "Ze'evi cruises to judo gold. Schlesinger topples former women's world champion". Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on 13 July 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.