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Daniela Krukower

Personal information
Born	6 January 1975 (1975-01-06) (age 50) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Died	Not recognized as a date. Years must have 4 digits (use leading zeros for years < 1000). (aged Error: Need valid year, month, day)
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	Argentina
Sport	Judo
Weight class	‍–‍63 kg
Rank	7th dan black belt
Achievements and titles
World finals	(2003)
Regional finals	(2003, 2009)
Olympic finals	5th (2004)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Argentina World Championships Gold 2003 Osaka ‍–‍63 kg Pan American Games Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo ‍–‍63 kg Bronze 2007 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg Pan American Championships Gold 2003 Salvador ‍–‍63 kg Gold 2009 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg Silver 1999 Montevideo ‍–‍63 kg Silver 2007 Montreal ‍–‍63 kg Bronze 2002 Santo Domingo ‍–‍63 kg Bronze 2005 Caguas ‍–‍63 kg Bronze 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg Bronze 2008 Miami ‍–‍63 kg South American Games Gold 2006 Buenos Aires ‍–‍63 kg Silver 2002 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍63 kg Representing  Israel Maccabiah Games Silver 1997 Israel ‍–‍66 kg
Updated on 6 January 2022.

Daniela Yael Krukower (Hebrew: דניאלה קרוקובר; born 6 January 1975 in Colegiales, Buenos Aires) is a former judoka from Argentina.

Biography

Krukower was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a Jewish family, and at an early age moved with her family to Israel where Daniela was introduced to judo. In the mid 90s Israel judo had two promising female judoka, Einat Yaron and Daniela, both competing in the -63 category. The two girls were more rivals than they were friends. Daniela thought Yaron was favoured by the Israel Judo Association and since the IFJ limits each country to one participant in each category at the Olympic Games she decided to represent her birth country Argentina.

She retired at beginning of 2009/10 season due to lack of motivation after winning gold at 2009 Pan American Judo Championships.

Judo

In 1997, Krukower won a silver medal in judo at U66 at the 1997 Maccabiah Games in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The highlight of Daniela's career came at the World Judo Championships in Osaka. In the final she beat, by ippon, Cuban Olympic gold medalist Driulys González. She was not considered a favourite before the championships, but was a known competitor. After her win, Daniela became a celebrity in Argentina and a medal hope for the Olympic Games the following year.

Unlike at the World Championships in Osaka, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Krukower came as big favourite. She won her first two fights by golden score and in the semi-final she faced Ayumi Tanimoto from Japan. Early in the fight, following a technique by the Japanese judoka, Daniela broke her hand. The extent of the injury was serious and Krukower could not continue in tournament. Driulys González her next potential opponent won the bronze medal without a fight. In result of the injury the Argentine media call Daniela "Iron Lady".

Krukower went on to compete but managed only continental successes.

In the judo competition at the 2005 Maccabiah Games, she won a silver medal when 17-year-old Alice Schlesinger defeated her in the final.

Achievements

See also

In Spanish: Daniela Krukower para niños

• List of select Jewish judokas