Christa Deguchi


Christa Deguchi is a Canadian judoka.

Switch to representing Canada

In 2017, Deguchi switched to representing Canada from where she was born, Japan. Deguchi's dad is from Canada and this allowed her to compete for the country. In 2012, Deguchi was approached to represent Canada, before she competed for Japan but she refused. Realizing her best bet to make the Olympics would be competing for Canada, Deguchi eventually agreed to represent Canada.

Career

She participated at the 2018 World Judo Championships, winning a bronze medal. By winning the bronze medal, she became the first female judoka representing Canada to win a World Judo Championships medal.
She won her first gold medal in the 2019 world championship

International Results

Representing Canada

As of 27 August 2019
World Championships101
World Masters000
Grand Slam300
Continental Championships200
Grand Prix301
Continental Open100
Totals1002

Representing Japan