Kelly Deguchi

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|02|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Shiojiri, Nagano, Japan

| country = Canada

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}52 kg

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| olympics_rank = R32

| olympics_year = 2024

| olympics_weight = Women's 52 kg

| worlds_rank = 7

| worlds_year = 2025

| worlds_weight = Women's 52 kg

| regionals_type = AM

| regionals_rank = 3

| regionals_year = 2021

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| regionals_year2 = 2022

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| regionals_year3 = 2024

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| commonwealth_rank = 2

| commonwealth_year = 2022

| commonwealth_weight = Women's 52 kg

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{{Medal|B| 2021 Guadalajara | {{nbnd}}57 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Lima | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Birmingham | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

| updated = 28 July 2024

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Kelly Deguchi (born 13 February 1999){{cite web |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/athletes/kelly-deguchi/b7e3af64-1416-4d9a-9cd4-93df9ed35856 |title=Kelly Deguchi |website=Birmingham2022.com |publisher=Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited |access-date=5 August 2022}} is a Canadian judoka.

Career

Deguchi was born in Japan to a Canadian father and Japanese mother.{{Cite web|url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/olympics/kelly-deguchi-feels-the-pain-of-an-olympic-dream-cut-short|title=Kelly Deguchi feels the pain of an Olympic dream cut short | National Post}} Originally representing Japan, in 2018 she switched to represent Canada. She is the younger sister of Christa Deguchi, also a judoka.

She won the silver medal in Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 52 kg .{{cite web |url=https://commonwealthsport.ca/news/featured/gold-and-silver-tatami-deguchi-sisters.html |title=A Gold and Silver On the Tatami for the Deguchi Sisters |website=CommonwealthSport.ca |date=1 August 2022 |access-date=5 August 2022}}{{cite web |url=https://judocanada.org/2020/12/29/first-medal-for-kelly-deguchi-on-canadian-soil/ |title=First Medal for Kelly Deguchi on Canadian Soil |work=Judo Canada |date=18 May 2019 |access-date=5 August 2022}}

She qualified to represent Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=Kelly Deguchi |url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/kelly-deguchi/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website |language=en-US}}