Christian Konoval

Career Highlights

• World Junior Championships, Guayaquil, 2022 (+100kg - Men)
• World Junior Championships, Olbia, 2021 (+100kg - Men)
• World Junior Championships, Marrakech, 2019 (+100kg - Men)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2023 – 33th (+100kg - Men)
• Years of participation: +100kg - Men 2022, 2023
• Top finish: 33th – 2022 (+100kg - Men), 2023 (+100kg - Men)

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International Judo Federation Competition History:  Christian Konoval IJF Profile

Personal: Introduced to the sport of judo by his father at the age of eight, Konoval established himself as a contender for both the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games when he began having success on the senior international circuit as a teenager, winning bronze at the 2022 Senior Pan American Championships at age 18 and earning top-five finishes the same year at both the Portugal Grand Prix at the senior level and the Junior World Championships. 

Competition Highlights:

2023:

Gold - USA Judo Youth National Championships (IJF-Junior)

2022:

Gold - USA Judo Senior National Championships

Gold - USA Judo Youth National Championships (IJF-Junior)

Silver - Junior Pan American Championships 

Bronze - Senior Pan American Championships 

Fifth - Junior World Championships 

Fifth - Portugal Grand Prix  

2021:

Gold - USA Judo President's Cup (Senior)

Gold - USA Judo President's Cup (IJF-Junior)

Gold - Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior)

Gold - USA Judo Junior Olympic Championships (IJF-Junior)

Silver - USA Judo Senior National Championships 

Silver - U.S. Open

Bronze - Guadalajara Pan American Open

Seventh - Paris Grand Slam

2019:

Gold - USA Judo Junior Olympic Championships (IJF-Junior)

Silver - USA Judo Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)

Gold - Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior)

Gold - Junior U.S. Open (Cadet)

Silver - USA Judo President's Cup (Senior)

Silver - U.S. Open 

2018:

Silver - Junior U.S. Open (IJF-Junior)

Silver - Junior U.S. Open (Cadet)

Bronze - USA Judo President's Cup (Senior)

Bronze - U.S. Open 

Bronze - USA Judo Senior National Championships