Anna Żemła-Krajewska (born 13 February 1979) is a Polish

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

, who competed in the women's extra-lightweight category. She held three Polish senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of twenty-one medals in her career, and finished seventh in the 48-kg class at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

. Zemla-Krajewska also trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for Koka Jastrzebie Zdroj in her native

Jastrzębie-Zdrój Jastrzębie-Zdrój (; german: Bad Königsdorff-Jastrzemb, originally ''Jastrzemb'', cs, Lázně Jestřebí, szl, Jastrzymbie-Zdrōj or ''Jastrzymbje-Zdrůj'') is a city in south Poland with 86,632 inhabitants (2021). Its name comes from the Poli ...

under her personal coach and sensei Robert Radlak. Zemla-Krajewska qualified for the Polish squad in the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg) at the

in Athens, by placing second and receiving a berth from the A-Tournament in Tallinn, Estonia. She opened her match with an astonishing victory over Russian judoka and 2000 Olympic silver medalist

Lyubov Bruletova Lyubov Aleksandrovna Bruletova (russian: Любовь Александровна Брулетова; born 17 September 1973) is a Russian judoka. Now she is judoka coach. Bruletova won a silver medal in the extra-lightweight (48 kg) div ...

, before falling in a smashing ippon defeat and an ushiro goshi (rear throw) from Romania's

Alina Dumitru Alina Dumitru (; born 30 August 1982) is a Romanian judoka, one-time Olympic champion and eight-time European champion. At the 2008 Summer Olympics she defeated Japanese double gold medallist Ryoko Tani, who until then had been undefeated in ma ...

in the quarterfinals. Following her opponent's progress to the semifinal, Zemla-Krajewska incurred a triple shido deduction for failing to apply pressure on Kazakhstan's Tatyana Shishkina in their repechage match, but she restored her lead on the tatami to pin her opponent at three minutes and thirteen seconds. As she gave herself a chance for a coveted spot in the bronze medal match against Germany's

Julia Matijass Julia Matijass (born 22 September 1973 in Lyubino, Soviet Union) is a German judoka. She was a member of the Russian national judo team until 1994, and received a German citizenship in 1999. She won a bronze medal in the extra-lightweight (-48& ...

, Zemla-Krajewska came up short with an

ippon seoi nage The is a throw in judo.Mifune, Kyuzo: ''The Canon of Judo'', Kodansha International Ltd. (Tokyo) 2004, , p. It is a variant of Seoi nage, and is one of the nineteen accepted techniques in Shinmeisho No Waza of Kodokan Judo. It is classified a ...

assault from Greece's Maria Karagiannopoulou much to the boisterous cheer of the home crowd inside

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, relegating Zemla-Krajewska to the seventh position.

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Polish Olympic Committee Bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zemla-Krajewska, Anna 1979 births Living people Polish female judoka Olympic judoka for Poland Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics People from Jastrzębie-Zdrój Sportspeople from Silesian Voivodeship 21st-century Polish sportswomen