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Judo

Nina Cutro-Kelly

Olympian 2020

Athlete Bio#

Height

5'8"

Age

40

Hometown

Albany, NY

Education

Universite de Pennes - Pennes, France (Master's) and Union College (Bachelor's)

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)
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