Miriam Butkereit

Miriam Butkereit
Personal information
Born (1994-05-08) 8 May 1994 (age 32)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
Country Germany
SportJudo
‍–‍70 kg
Achievements and titles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2024)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2025)
5th (2020, 2024)
Highest world ranking
2nd
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris‍–‍70 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2022 TashkentMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2025 Budapest‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 BudapestMixed team
European Games
Silver medal – second place2023 KrakówMixed team
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2024 Paris‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Tashkent‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Tashkent‍–‍70 kg
Gold medal – first place2026 Lausanne‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Abu Dhabi‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Düsseldorf‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2021 Tel Aviv‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Budapest‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Tel Aviv‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Astana‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Abu Dhabi‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Baku‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Ulaanbaatar‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Tbilisi‍–‍70 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2019 Perth‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Zagreb‍–‍70 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Perth‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 The Hague‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 The Hague‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Antalya‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Odivelas‍–‍70 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Qingdao‍–‍70 kg
European Cadet Championships
Bronze medal – third place2010 Teplice‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
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JudoInside.com47759
Updated on 1 September 2026

Miriam Butkereit (born 8 May 1994) is a German judoka. She is an Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the women's 70 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. In 2022 she reached the bronze medal match in the women's 70 kg category of the 2022 World Championships, but missed a medal after losing the bout to Saki Niizoe of Japan. In the mixed team event at the same competition Butkereit finished third with Germany.

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. 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. In March 2024 she won her second Grand Slam gold at the 2024 Tashkent Grand Slam, defeating Margaux Pinot of France in the final. 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. In the final she lost to Croatian judoka Barbara Matić, world number one, therefore winning the silver medal.

References

  1. ↑ "IJF World Ranking List" (PDF). International Judo Federation. 23 June 2025. p. 44. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "World Ranking List, Women –70 kg". International Judo Federation. 23 June 2025. Archived from the original on 23 June 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Miriam Butkereit IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
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  5. ↑ "Starke deutsche Frauen". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "Judo-WM: Eduard Trippel und Miriam Butkereit verpassen Medaillen - Sarah Mäkelburg scheitert ebenfalls". Eurosport (in German). 10 October 2022. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (10 October 2022). "Bobonov claims first Uzbek medal while Matić defends World Judo Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  8. 1 2 "Miriam Butkereit". Olympiastützpunkt NRW/Rheinland (in German). n.d. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Judoka Scoccimarro holt WM-Silber in Doha". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 11 May 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Bodo Sievers, Sascha (4 February 2024). "Judo: Miriam Butkereit aus Glinde feiert in Paris ersten Grand-Slam-Sieg". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  11. ↑ "Judo-Grandprix in Taschkent: Miriam Butkereit mit Ippon zu Gold". Yahoo! (in German). 2 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  12. 1 2 Niemeier, Patrick (31 July 2024). "Judoka aus Glinde im Finale: Miriam Butkereit holt Silber bei Olympia". Schleswig-Holsteinischer Zeitungsverlag (in German). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "Croatian Judo Sensation Barbara Matic Stuns World with Historic Olympic Gold!". Black Belt. 1 August 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Croatia's Barbara Matic, Georgia's Lasha Bekauri win Olympic judo gold". www.nbcolympics.com. 31 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.