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]
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| Born | 30 July 2001 Markham, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –81 kg, –90 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pan American Champ. | 5th (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 31025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 100891 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 3 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career
editJunior
editAt 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
editIn 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
edit- ^ "Keagan Young". judoinside.com. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Keagan Young wins Bronze medal at 2017 World Cadet Judo Championships". www.judoontario.ca/. Judo Ontario. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Results of Day 2 of the Lima 2022 Pan American and Oceania Championships". www.panamjudo.org. Pan American Judo Confederation. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Canadian Judo Team Named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.judocanada.org. Judo Canada. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
External links
edit- Keagan Young at the International Judo Federation
- Keagan Young at JudoInside.com
- Keagan Young at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Keagan Young at Olympedia
- Keagan Young at The-Sports.org
- Keagan Young on Instagram
