Career Highlights
- Current World Ranking: No. 37
- 10x Senior World Team Member
- 5x Senior Pan American Championship Medalist
- 2015 Pan American Games Bronze Medalist
- 13x Continental Open Medalist
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 17th (+78kg - Women)
World Championship Experience
- Most recent: 2022 – 17th (+78kg - Women)
- Years of participation: +78kg - Women 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022; +80kg - Women 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
- Medals: 3 (3 bronze)
- Bronze – 2016 (+80kg - Women); 2014 (+80kg - Women); 2011 (+80kg - Women)
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International Judo Federation Competition History: Nina Cutro-Kelly
Personal: In 2021, Cutro-Kelly qualified for her first Olympic Team at 36 years old, making her the oldest U.S. athlete ever to represent USA Judo at the Olympic Games. The nine-time World Team member continued her competitive success in 2022 when she reached the podium at the Pan American Championships, winning her fifth career medal at the event. Cutro-Kelly, who has 50% hearing loss in both ears, also made history in 2022 as the first U.S. judo athlete ever to win gold at the Deaflympics.
In addition to training, Cutro-Kelly works as an athlete fellow in the legal department for LA28, the organizing committee for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Competition Highlights:
2022:
Gold - Deaflympics
Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships
2021:
Silver - Senior Pan American Championships
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
2019:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - Santiago Pan American Open
Silver - Quito Pan American Open
Fifth - Montreal Grand Prix
Seventh - Marrakech Grand Prix
2018:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Silver - Lima Pan American Open
Bronze - Santo Domingo Pan American Open
Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships
Seventh - Cancun Grand Prix
2017:
Gold - Santo Domingo Pan American Open
Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships
Fifth - Cancun Grand Prix
2016:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - El Salvador Pan American Open
Bronze - Lima Pan American Open
Seventh - Havana Grand Prix
2015:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Gold - San Salvador Pan American Open
Silver - Wollongong Oceania Open
Bronze - Pan American Games
Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships
Bronze - Santiago Pan American Open
2014:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Bronze - Miami Pan American Open
Bronze - San Salvador Pan American Open
2013:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
2012:
Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships
2011:
Fifth - San Salvador World Cup
2010:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
Seventh - Birmingham World Cup
2009:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships
2007:
Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships (78kg)
2006:
Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (78kg)
Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships (Open)
2005:
Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships (78kg)
2003:
Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships (Open)