Kelly Deguchi earns career-best result with seventh place at World Champs

Montréal, June 14, 2025 – Canadian Kelly Deguchi’s run at the Senior World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, came to a halt in the repechage on Saturday, where she finished seventh in the Under 52 kg category. Early on she won two bouts, but those were followed by losses to the eventual gold and bronze medallists in her category.

Photo: IJF / Emanuele Di Feliciantonio
Kelly Deguchi

This was Deguchi’s fourth appearance at the Senior Worlds, and only her second competition since the Paris Olympics.