She was born on 10 October 2000 in Kiev, Ukraine.

The Judo prodigy is

competing in the 48kg weight class. She was brought up in a preeminent judoka
family of Bilodids. The girl says her parents were initially against her becoming
a judoka, preferring a less injury prone sport, such as dancing and rhythmic
gymnastics. But she insisted. “It was totally my decision,” Bilodid told the Kyiv
Post. Hence Bilodid’s parents soon took an active role in her professional
upbringing, coaching her from the age of 6.
Bilodid’s work ethic has paid off. At 15, she won her first major title, the
European youth judo championship. Less than a year later, she repeated her
success among adults, becoming the second youngest judoka to ever do that.
But nonetheless, Bilodid’s road to success was complicated by injuries. A month
before the 2018 European Championship, Bilodid broke her jaw during a training
session, preventing her from defending her European title. Her bad luck continued
when, a month before the 2018 World Championship, she broke her nose during
training. Despite the injury and advice to skip the tournament, Bilodid went on to win
the title, becoming the youngest to ever do so.
But her greatest feat was winning bronze during the 2021 Olympics n Tokyo.
Daria Bilodid is one of the most emiment judokas in history, who is apart from being
instrumental in Ukraine’s judo is on the ball at Kyiv Shevchenko university. Finally
she says that she is about to become a sport journalist after retiring from her pro-sport
career.