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Michaela Polleres (born 15 July 1997) is an Austrian judoka. In 2021, she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is also a bronze medalist at the 2021 and 2023 World Championships and the 2018 European Championships. She is a third degree black belt.
Career
Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the girls' 63 kg event at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics held in Nanjing, China. She also competed in the mixed team event.
Polleres competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. She was eliminated in her second match by Sanne van Dijke of the Netherlands. In that same year, Polleres won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2017 European U23 Judo Championships held in Podgorica, Montenegro.
In 2018, Polleres won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the European U23 Judo Championships held in Győr, Hungary. She represented Austria at the 2019 European Games 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 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. She competed in the same event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.
In 2021, Polleres won one of the bronze medals in the women's 70 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. She won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics 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 70 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar. Two months later, she represented Austria at the 2023 European Games held in Poland without winning a medal. She also competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2023 European Judo Championships held in Montpellier, France.
