Julia Dorny
Julia Dorny, is a German athlete, media scientist and journalist who has won various World and European Champions in three martial arts disciplines. She is the only female athlete in the world who has won championships in judo, mixed martial arts fighter and sumo wrestling. She was the first German woman to become MMA European Champion and MMA World Champion in featherweight within the IMMAF amateurs.
Sports career (beginnings, judo and sumo career)
At the age of 7 Dorny began to be enthusiastic about judo. Since the age of 14 she has been fighting in the German Judo League. At the age of 17 she fought for the first time in the inaugural Judo Bundesliga. At 18, she was awarded her black belt in judo. Dorny is a multiple-time Berlin judo champion. She was German vice-champion in the individual classification, several times winner of the national ranking tournament and has countless international successes to her credit. In 2005 she qualified for the European Judo Championship, but was unable to compete due to injury. Dorny was a cadre athlete at the Olympic Training Center Berlin as well as in the German Judo Federation. Dorny was a student at the Werner-Seelenbinder-Sportschule, today's Schul- und Leistungssportzentrum Berlin. With her former first division club JC Wiesbaden, she won bronze at the team championships. She is currently under contract for first division club JC 71 Düsseldorf.Sumo career
In 2016 Dorny began sumo training and later that year she became German champion, won bronze at the European Championships, and took 5th place at the World Championships. In 2017 she received a shodan ranking in sumo wrestling. In her sumo career, Dorny became a multiple-time German champion, secured 5th place at the 2017 World Games, and won silver at the 2019 US Open in Los Angeles.MMA career
Dorny won her MMA debut as an amateur at the German Championships 2015. In the same year she was nominated for the IMMAF World Championship in Las Vegas – winning bronze at her international debut. She then proved to be a consistent performer by winning another bronze medal at the IMMAF European Championship in Birmingham. In the following years, she participated in the IMMAF European and IMMAF World Championships. In 2018 she took her performance to the next level and managed to become European and World Champion on her first attempt. This rare feat made her the first German European champion and the first German World Champion in the featherweight division.German Mixed Martial Arts Championship (GMC)
After winning the European and World Championships, Dorny made her professional debut in front of her home crowd on 29 June 2019 at GMC20 in Berlin against Miriam Santana Ramos. She defeated Ramos in the first round by TKO. This fight was also the first GMC women's fight broadcast on FreeTV. She had her second fight at GMC22 on 12 October 2019 against Mariam Tatunashvili, which she also won through TKO in the second round.Scientific and journalistic achievements
In addition to her sports career, Dorny works as a media scientist, journalist, and on-air reporter and presenter, for Deutsche Welle TV among others. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in journalism and corporate communications in 2013. In 2017 she completed her master's degree in media studies at the Humboldt University of Berlin, majoring in the topic of "Framing in Journalism".Since January 2020 Dorny has been running her own podcast, "WOMEN HIT HARDER – The Female Power Podcast by MMA World Champion Julia Dorny" and regularly releases new episodes. Among her previous guests are actor Jürgen Vogel, boxer Axel Schulz, boxing world champion Regina Halmich and chief editor Inga Griese.
In April 2020 she was appointed to the "Athletes' Commission" of the IMMAF.
Mixed martial arts achievements
- IMMAF World-champion
- IMMAF European-champion
Mixed martial arts record
| Res. | Record | Opponent | Method | Event | Date | Round | Time | Location | Notes |
| Win | 10–5 | Paulina Kosakowska | TKO | Cage FS 9 | 2 February 2019 | 1 | 1:56 | Graz, Austria | |
| Win | 9–5 | Jenni Kivioja | Armbar | 2018 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified World Championships | 17 November 2018 | 2 | 2:09 | Manama, Bahrain | Titelfight, final |
| Win | 8–5 | Meng Chen | Rear naked choke | 2018 IMMAF-WMMAA Unified World Championships | 15 November 2018 | 2 | 2:01 | Manama, Bahrain | |
| Win | 7–5 | Jenni Kivioja | Decision | 2018 IMMAF European Championships | 22 June 2018 | 3 | 3:00 | Bucharest, Romania | Titelfight, final |
| Win | 6–5 | Anniina Ervasti | Decision | 2018 IMMAF European Championships | 21 June 2018 | 3 | 3:00 | Bucharest, Romania | |
| Loss | 5–5 | Gase Sanita | Decision | 2017 IMMAF World Championships | 16 November 2017 | 3 | 3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |
| Win | 5–4 | Izabel Hristova | Decision | 2017 IMMAF World Championships | 15 November 2017 | 3 | 3:00 | Manama, Bahrain | |
| Loss | 4–4 | Joanne Doyle | Decision | 2016 IMMAF European Open Championships | 26 November 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | Prague, Czech Republic | Titelfight, final |
| Win | 4–3 | Iiris Nihti | Decision | 2016 IMMAF European Open Championships | 25 November 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | Prague, Czech Republic | |
| Loss | 3–3 | Leah McCourt | TKO | 2016 IMMAF World Championships | 10 July 2016 | 1 | 1:54 | Las Vegas, US | Titelfight, final |
| Win | 3–2 | Fatime Nánási | Decision | 2016 IMMAF World Championships | 8 July 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | Las Vegas, US | |
| Win | 2–2 | Chamia Chabbi | TKO | 2016 IMMAF World Championships | 7 July 2016 | 1 | 0:33 | Las Vegas, US | |
| Win | 1–2 | Malwina Golczak | Decision | MMA Meets Wild West | 9 April 2016 | 3 | 3:00 | Templin, Germany | |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sanna Merta | Armbar | 2015 IMMAF European Open Championships | 21 November 2015 | 3 | 1:58 | Wolverhampton, England | |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jamie Herrington | Decision | 2015 IMMAF World Championships | 9 July 2015 | 3 | 3:00 | Las Vegas, US |