Michaela Polleres (born 15 July 1997) is an Austrian

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. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the

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in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a bronze medalist at the

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and the

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. She is a third degree black belt.

Career

Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 63 kg event at the

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held in Nanjing, China. She also competed in the mixed team event. Polleres competed in the women's 70 kg event at the

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held in Warsaw, Poland. She was eliminated in her second match by

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of the Netherlands. In that same year, Polleres won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the

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held in

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, Montenegro. In 2018, Polleres won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the

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held in Győr, Hungary. She represented Austria at the

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held in Minsk, Belarus. She won one of the bronze medals in the mixed team event. In 2020, Polleres was eliminated in her first match in the women's 70 kg event at the

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held in Prague, Czech Republic. She competed in the same event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar. In 2021, Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the

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held in Budapest, Hungary. She won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the

in Tokyo, Japan. Polleres lost her bronze medal match in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70kg event at the

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held in Doha, Qatar.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Polleres, Michaela Living people 1997 births Place of birth missing (living people) Austrian female judoka Judoka at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Austria Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Austria Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Austria Olympic medalists in judo 21st-century Austrian women