Miriam Butkereit
{{Short description|German judoka (born 1994)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox judoka
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|05|08|df=y}}
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| country = {{GER}}
| weight_class = {{nbnd}}70 kg
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| olympics_rank = 2
| olympics_year = 2024
| olympics_weight = Women's 70 kg
| worlds_rank = 3
| worlds_year = 2025
| worlds_weight = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_type = EU
| regionals_rank = 5
| regionals_year = 2020
| regionals_weight = Women's 70 kg
| regionals_year2 = 2024
| regionals_weight2 = Women's 70 kg
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| highestranking = 2nd{{cite web |title=IJF World Ranking List |url=https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2025/06/ijf_sen_wrl_2025_06_23-1750668-1750668338.pdf |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=24 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623093735/https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2025/06/ijf_sen_wrl_2025_06_23-1750668-1750668338.pdf |archive-date=23 June 2025 |page=44 |date=23 June 2025}}{{cite web |title=World Ranking List, Women –70 kg |url=https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=12&view=expanded |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=24 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250623084625/https://www.ijf.org/wrl?category=12&view=expanded |archive-date=23 June 2025 |date=23 June 2025}}
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{GER}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}
{{Medal|S| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Tashkent | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|B| 2025 Budapest | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2025 Budapest | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Games }}
{{Medal|S| 2023 Kraków | Mixed team }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2018 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2019 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2021 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2022 Budapest | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2023 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2017 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2021 Baku | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2022 Ulaanbaatar | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2024 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|G| 2019 Perth | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2022 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2023 Perth | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2017 The Hague | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2019 Antalya | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2024 Odivelas | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Cadet Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 2010 Teplice | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
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Miriam Butkereit (born 8 May 1994) is a German judoka.{{cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/athlete/20102 |title=Miriam Butkereit IJF Profile|language=English |publisher=IJF.org|accessdate=2021-10-29}}{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/47759/Miriam_Butkereit |title=Miriam Butkereit JudoInside Profile|language=English |publisher=judoinside.com|accessdate=2021-10-29}} She is an Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 70{{nbsp}}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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/judoka-trajdos-holt-dritte-deutsche-em-medaille-17063108.html|title=Starke deutsche Frauen|language=de|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|date=2020-11-20|access-date=2025-04-09}} In 2022 she reached the bronze medal match in the women's 70 kg category of the 2022 World Championships,{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.de/judo/world-championship-2022/2022/eduard-trippel-und-miriam-butkereit-verpassen-medaillen-sarah-makelburg-scheitert-ebenfalls_sto9179942/story.shtml|title=Judo-WM: Eduard Trippel und Miriam Butkereit verpassen Medaillen - Sarah Mäkelburg scheitert ebenfalls|language=de|work=Eurosport|date=2022-10-10|access-date=2025-04-09}} but missed a medal after losing the bout to Saki Niizoe of Japan.{{Cite web |title=Bobonov claims first Uzbek medal while Matić defends World Judo Championships |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1129047/world-judo-championships-day-5-report |date=2022-10-10 |access-date=2024-07-31 |first=Owen |last=Lloyd |website=insidethegames.biz}} In the mixed team event at the same competition Butkereit finished third with Germany.{{Cite web|url=https://www.osp-rheinland.nrw/sportsmen/miriam-butkereit/|title=Miriam Butkereit|language=de|work=Olympiastützpunkt NRW/Rheinland|date=n.d.|access-date=2025-04-09}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/sport/mehr-sport/judoka-scoccimarro-holt-wm-silber-in-doha-18887335.html|title=Judoka Scoccimarro holt WM-Silber in Doha|language=de|work=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|date=2023-05-11|access-date=2025-04-09}} During the Mixed Team Judo Championships at the 2023 European Games, Butkereit was part of the Germany team which finished second.
In February 2024 Butkereit took part in the 2024 Paris Grand Slam, winning her first Grand Slam gold.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shz.de/lokales/reinbek-trittau/artikel/judo-miriam-butkereit-feiert-in-paris-ersten-grand-slam-sieg-46396380|title=Judo: Miriam Butkereit aus Glinde feiert in Paris ersten Grand-Slam-Sieg|language=de|first=Sascha|last=Bodo Sievers|work=Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag|date=2024-02-04|access-date=2025-04-09}} In March 2024 she won her second Grand Slam gold at the 2024 Tashkent Grand Slam, defeating Margaux Pinot of France in the final.{{Cite web|url=https://de.nachrichten.yahoo.com/sport/judo-grandprix-taschkent-miriam-butkereit-191919913.html|title=Judo-Grandprix in Taschkent: Miriam Butkereit mit Ippon zu Gold|language=de|work=Yahoo!|date=2024-03-02|access-date=2025-04-09}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.shz.de/sport/olympia/artikel/judoka-aus-glinde-bei-olympia-miriam-butkereit-kaempft-um-gold-47520665|title=Judoka aus Glinde im Finale: Miriam Butkereit holt Silber bei Olympia|language=de|first=Patrick|last=Niemeier|work=Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag|date=2024-07-31|access-date=2025-04-09}} In the final she lost to Croatian judoka Barbara Matić, world number one, therefore winning the silver medal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blackbeltmag.com/croatian-judo-sensation-barbara-matic-stuns-world-with-historic-olympic-gold|title=Croatian Judo Sensation Barbara Matic Stuns World with Historic Olympic Gold!|work=Black Belt|date=2024-08-01|access-date=2025-04-09}}{{Cite web |title=Croatia's Barbara Matic, Georgia's Lasha Bekauri win Olympic judo gold |url=https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/croatias-barbara-matic-georgias-lasha-bekauri-win-olympic-judo-gold |date=2024-07-31 |access-date=2024-07-31 |website=www.nbcolympics.com}}
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Category:Olympic medalists in judo
Category:Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:European Games silver medalists for Germany
Category:European Games medalists in judo
Category:Judoka at the 2019 European Games
Category:Judoka at the 2023 European Games
Category:21st-century German sportswomen