Kaja Schuster
{{Short description|Slovenian judoka (born 2004)}}
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{{Infobox judoka
| name = Kaja Schuster
| nickname = Šuša
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|3|16}}
| birth_place = Ljubljana, Slovenia
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| country = {{SLO}}
| weight_class = {{nbnd}}70 kg
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| club = Judo klub Bežigrad
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| regionals_type = EU
| regionals_rank = R32
| regionals_year = 2024
| regionals_weight = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_year2 = 2025
| regionals_weight2= Women's 70 kg
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{SLO}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|B| 2025 Linz | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 2023 Odivelas | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2024 Dushanbe | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2023 The Hague | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
| updated = 25 April 2025
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Kaja Schuster (born 16 March 2004) is a Slovenian judoka.{{Cite news|last=Šimnovec |first=Miha |date=8 September 2023 |title=Kaja Schuster mladinska evropska prvakinja, bron za Niko Koren |url=https://www.delo.si/sport/drugi-sporti/kaja-schuster-mladinska-evropska-prvakinja-bron-za-niko-koren |language=sl |trans-title= Kaja Schuster junior European champion, bronze for Nika Koren|access-date=30 July 2024 }} She won the gold medal in the women's 70 kg event at the 2023 European Junior Championships held in The Hague, The Netherlands.
Judo career
=Early career=
Schuster started judo at the age of six at the Bežigrad Judo Club.{{Cite news|title=Mladi upi: Judoista Kaja Schuster |url=https://www.mladi-upi.si/kandidati/2023/predstavitev/kaja-schuster |trans-title=Young hopes: Judoka Kaja Schuster |language=sl |access-date=30 July 2024 }}
In 2018, she won the gold medal at the U16 National championship in the category -48 kg. Then, a year later, she repeated her success in the category -57 kg. In the same year, she won silver at the National cadet championship. In 2020, she took part in the Senior National championship and won bronze. She repeated the success in 2021.{{Cite news|title=Athlete profile: Schuster Kaja |url=https://judoslo.si/person/39510/results/2021 |language=sl |access-date=30 July 2024 }} At the 2021 European Cadet Championship in Riga, Latvia, she won 5th place in the -63 kg category. She competed in quite a few Cadet European Cups, and that year she won gold at the Cadet European Cup Teplice.
In 2022, she became National champion in Junior category and National vice-champion in Senior category of -63 kg. She won silver medal at European Cup in Sarajevo.
In 2023, Kaja moved to the -70 kg category. She started the year by winning the Junior European Cup in Lignano. She later won silver medal at European Cup in Riga. In September, she competed at the European Junior Championship in The Hague, The Netherlands, where she won a gold medal in the category -70 kg. A month later, she won a bronze medal at the World Junior Championships in Odivelas, Portugal.{{Cite news|title=Kaja Schuster do brona na mladinskem SP v judu |url=https://www.24ur.com/sport/borilni-sporti/kaja-schuster-bronasta-na-mladinskem-svetovnem-prvenstvu.html |trans-title=Kaja Schuster wins bronze at the Junior World Judo Championships |language=sl |date= 7 October 2023 |access-date=30 July 2024 }}
=Senior career=
In 2024, she won gold medal at European Cup in Dubrovnik.{{Cite news|title=JudoInside - Kaja Schuster judoka |url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/134343/Kaja_Schuster/judo-results |access-date=30 July 2024 }} She competed at 2024 European Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and lost against Dutch Hild Jager.{{Cite news|title=Kaja Schuster Profile|url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/58298/overview |publisher=International Judo Federation |access-date=30 July 2024 }} In October, she won bronze medal in -70 kg at the World Junior Championships in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.{{Cite news|title=Izjemno obetavna slovenska judoistka že do druge kolajne na mladinskem SP |url=https://www.delo.si/sport/drugi-sporti/izjemno-obetavna-slovenska-judoistka-do-druge-kolajne-na-mladinskem-sp |trans-title=Extremely promising Slovenian judoka wins second medal at the Junior WCh |publisher=Delo |date=4 October 2024 |language=Slovenian |access-date=9 February 2025}}
In 2025, she won bronze medal in -78 kg category at European Open in Ljubljana.{{Cite news|title=HOMETOWN GLORY FOR SCHUSTER |url=https://www.eju.net/hometown-glory-for-schuster/ |publisher=European Judo Union |date= 8 February 2025 |access-date=9 February 2025}}
External links
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Category:Slovenian female judoka