Miriam Butkereit

Miriam Butkereit
Personal information
Born (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Germany
SportJudo
‍–‍70 kg
Achievements and titles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2024)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2025)
5th (2020, 2024)
Highest world ranking
2nd[1][2]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris‍–‍70 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 TashkentMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2025 Budapest‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 BudapestMixed team
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 KrakówMixed team
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Tashkent‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Tashkent‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Abu Dhabi‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Düsseldorf‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Tel Aviv‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Budapest‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Tel Aviv‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Astana‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Abu Dhabi‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Baku‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Ulaanbaatar‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Tbilisi‍–‍70 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2019 Perth‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Zagreb‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Perth‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 The Hague‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 The Hague‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Antalya‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Odivelas‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Qingdao‍–‍70 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Teplice‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF20102
JudoInside.com47759
Updated on 27 June 2026

Miriam Butkereit (born 8 May 1994) is a German judoka.[3][4] She is an Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 70 kg event. Butkereit is also a two-time Grand Slam individual champion. As part of the Germany team she is a World Championships bronze medalist and a European Championships silver medalist in the mixed team category.

Career

Butkereit took part in the 2020 European Championships in the women's 70 kg category, losing in the quarter-finals.[5] In 2022 she reached the bronze medal match in the women's 70 kg category of the 2022 World Championships,[6] but missed a medal after losing the bout to Saki Niizoe of Japan.[7] In the mixed team event at the same competition Butkereit finished third with Germany.[8]

In the women's 70 kg event of the 2023 World Championships in Doha, Butkereit entered in the second round but was unable to proceed far in the tournament, losing to Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown in her second bout.[9] During the Mixed Team Judo Championships at the 2023 European Games, Butkereit was part of the Germany team which finished second.[8]

In February 2024 Butkereit took part in the 2024 Paris Grand Slam, winning her first Grand Slam gold.[10] In March 2024 she won her second Grand Slam gold at the 2024 Tashkent Grand Slam, defeating Margaux Pinot of France in the final.[11] In August 2024 Butkereit participated in the women's 70 kg category at the Paris Olympics, where she beat Austrian Michaela Polleres in the semi-finals.[12] In the final she lost to Croatian judoka Barbara Matić, world number one, therefore winning the silver medal.[12][13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 23 June 2025. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "World Ranking List, Women –70 kg". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Miriam Butkereit IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Miriam Butkereit JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "Starke deutsche Frauen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Judo-WM: Eduard Trippel und Miriam Butkereit verpassen Medaillen - Sarah Mäkelburg scheitert ebenfalls". Eurosport (in German). 10 October 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (10 October 2022). "Bobonov claims first Uzbek medal while Matić defends World Judo Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Miriam Butkereit". Olympiastützpunkt NRW/Rheinland (in German). n.d. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Judoka Scoccimarro holt WM-Silber in Doha". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Bodo Sievers, Sascha (4 February 2024). "Judo: Miriam Butkereit aus Glinde feiert in Paris ersten Grand-Slam-Sieg". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Judo-Grandprix in Taschkent: Miriam Butkereit mit Ippon zu Gold". Yahoo! (in German). 2 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  12. 1 2 Niemeier, Patrick (31 July 2024). "Judoka aus Glinde im Finale: Miriam Butkereit holt Silber bei Olympia". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "Croatian Judo Sensation Barbara Matic Stuns World with Historic Olympic Gold!". Black Belt. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Croatia's Barbara Matic, Georgia's Lasha Bekauri win Olympic judo gold". www.nbcolympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.