Timna Nelson-Levy was named after the Timna Park just outside of Eilat, Israel, which her mother visited while pregnant with her.
25 Facts About Timna Nelson-Levy
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2014 European Cup U21 Prague, and won a gold medal, and the European Cup U21 Thessaloniki, and won a bronze medal.
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On 10 October 2015, Timna Nelson-Levy won her first significant medal in a senior competition when she won a bronze medal at the European Open Lisbon in Portugal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2015 Belgian Ladies Open Arlon, and won a bronze medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy defeated Anna Borowska of Poland in the first round, Hedvig Karakas of Hungary in the round of 16 and lost to Nora Gjakova of Kosovo in the quarter-finals.
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Timna Nelson-Levy went on to defeat Viola Wachter of Germany in the repechage and reached the bronze medal match where she defeated Helene Receveaux of France by ippon.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed as well in the 2016 European Open Sofia, in Bulgaria, and won a bronze medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2017 Antalya Grand Prix in Turkey and the 2017 Tashkent Grand Prix in Uzbekistan, winning silver medals in both, and in the 2017 Baku Grand Slam, winning a bronze medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2017 New York Open Team Championships and won a gold medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the Israeli Championships in Ra'anana, winning a gold medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2018 Agadir Grand Prix, winning a gold medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2018 Tbilisi Grand Prix, the 2018 Cancun Grand Prix in Mexico and the 2018 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam, winning a bronze medal in each.
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Timna Nelson-Levy won a gold medal in the 2019 Tel Aviv Grand Prix in Israel.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2019 Marrakesh Grand Prix and the 2019 Montreal Grand Prix, winning bronze medals in each.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2020 Budapest Grand Slam in Hungary, winning a bronze medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel, and won a gold medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy represented Israel at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed at the 2022 European Championships in Sofia and won the gold medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy defeated Olympic silver medalist Sarah-Leonie Cysique in the final.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2023 European Championships Open in Kosovo and won the silver medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the 2023 Tel Aviv Grand Slam and the 2023 Baku Grand Slam, winning bronze medals in both.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the Israeli Championships in Eilat and won the gold medal.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed at the 2024 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and won a bronze medal.
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Timna 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.
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Timna Nelson-Levy competed in the mixed team event, at which Team Israel came in ninth.