Keagan Young

Keagan Young
Personal information
Born (2001-07-30) 30 July 2001 (age 23)
Markham, Ontario, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍81 kg, ‍–‍90 kg
Achievements and titles
Pan American Champ.5th (2022)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Canada
Youth Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires ‍–‍81 kg
Pan American Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 La Paz ‍–‍73 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Santiago ‍–‍66 kg
Pan American Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place 2016 Cordoba ‍–‍55 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Cancún ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF31025
JudoInside.com100891
Updated on 3 July 2022

Keagan Young (born 30 July 2001) is a Canadian judoka who competes in the men's 90 kg category and formerly in the 81 kg category.[1] Young was raised and lives in Markham, Ontario, Canada.[2]

Career

Junior

At the 2017 World Judo Cadets Championships in Santiago, Chile, Young won the bronze medal in the 66 kg category.[3]

In July 2018, Young won gold at the Pan American Cadet Judo Championships in Cordoba, Argentina and became the world's number one ranked cadet judoka in the 81 kg category.[4][5] Young won Canada's first medal at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a bronze medal in the –81 kg event.[6][7]

Senior

In the senior category, Young moved up a weight category to compete in the 90 kg event. At the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships in Lima, Peru, Young finished in fifth in the 90 kg category.[8] Young was named to his first national senior multi-sport event team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in June 2022.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Keagan Young". judoinside.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  2. ^ Cudmore, John (28 June 2017). "Rising judo star Keagan Young simply will not act his age". Yorkregion.com. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 3 July 2022. The Markham resident is taking on older and more experienced opponents regularly and tossing them aside as he cuts out a swath for himself on the Canadian judo scene.
  3. ^ "Keagan Young wins Bronze medal at 2017 World Cadet Judo Championships". www.judoontario.ca/. Judo Ontario. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  4. ^ Cudmore, John (11 July 2018). "Markham's Keagan Young gains No. 1 world judo ranking after Pan Ams victory". Yorkregion.com. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ McNair, Brian (2 August 2018). "Ajax Budokan's Keagan Young taking the judo world by storm". Durhamregion.com. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Keagan Young claims Canada's 1st medal at Youth Olympic Games". www.cbc.ca/. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). 8 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  7. ^ Wallace, Camille (8 October 2018). "Young clinches judo bronze, Team Canada's first medal at Buenos Aires 2018". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Results of Day 2 of the Lima 2022 Pan American and Oceania Championships". www.panamjudo.org. Pan American Judo Confederation. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Canadian Judo Team Named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.judocanada.org. Judo Canada. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.