Chloe Cowen

Last updated

Chloe Cowen
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1973-06-08) 8 June 1973 (age 50)
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Sport Judo
Weight class –66kg/-78kg
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1993 Athens -66kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Ostend -72kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Oviedo -78kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Bratislava -78kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Wroclaw -78kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com 309

Chloe Cowen (born 8 June 1973) is a British judoka, [1] who competed at the Olympic Games. [2]

Contents

Judo career

Cowen is a five times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1992, 1993 and 1994 and the half-heavyweight division in 1998 and 1999. [3]

She is also a five times European medalist; winning medals at the 1993 European Judo Championships in Athens, the 1997 European Judo Championships in Ostend, the 1998 European Judo Championships in Oviedo, the 1999 European Judo Championships in Bratislava and the 2000 European Judo Championships in Wroclaw. [1] In 2000, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney; competing in the women's half-heavyweight event and was eliminated by Simona Richter. [2]

Since retirement, she became a judo teacher, and in 2022, she became the National Lead Performance Coach for Irish Judo. She has also been a judo commentator. [1]

Related Research Articles

Kate Louise Howey is a former elite British judoka. She remains the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals and shares with fellow Olympic medalist Karina Bryant the record of being the only British judoka to have competed at four Olympic Games.

Winston Alanzo Gordon is a former British judoka, who competed at three Olympic Games.

Nicola Kim Fairbrother MBE is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 8th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent judoka.

Graeme Randall, MBE is a Scottish judoka. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics, and won gold medals in the 81 kg division at both the 1999 World Judo Championships and 2002 Commonwealth Games.

Ryan Birch was a British judoka, representing Great Britain in two Olympic Games.

Dennis C. Stewart is a retired male judoka from Great Britain, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Michelle Rogers is a British judoka, who competed at two Olympic Games.

Karen Roberts is a British former judoka, who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sarah Clark (judoka)</span> British judoka

Sarah Clark is a British judoka, who has competed at three Olympic Games.

Gemma Howell is a British retired judoka from Stafford, England, who competed at the Olympic Games.

James Austin is an English judoka, who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Esther San Miguel Busto is a Spanish judoka. She has won six national titles and two European titles for the half-heavyweight division (78 kg). She is also a bronze medalist at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, and has captured a total of twenty-seven World Cup medals, including eight golds. San Miguel is a member of Centro de Alto Rendimiento Madrid Judo Club, and is coached by Sacramento Moyano.

Natalie Powell is a Welsh judoka. She competed for Wales in the women's 78 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.

Rachel Wilding is an English judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category. She picked up a total of thirty-one medals in her career, and represented Great Britain in the 78-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of her sporting career, Wilding trained for the Camberley Judo Club in Camberley under her personal coach and sensei Mark Earle.

Diane Bell is a British former judoka. She won the 56–61 kg event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, but at the time women's judo was then still a demonstration sport, so unlike the men Bell did not enter the list of Olympic medalists in judo. She also won two World Judo Championships, a Commonwealth Games gold and three European Judo Championships.

Nicholas Kokotaylo is a British judoka. He competed in the men's half-heavyweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Josephine Horton is a British judoka. She competed in the women's half-heavyweight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. She became champion of Great Britain, winning the light heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1990.

Joyce Heron is a British judoka. She competed in the women's extra-lightweight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Rowena Sweatman is a British judoka. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Victoria Dunn is a British judoka. She competed in the women's extra-lightweight event at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the extra-lightweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1997 and the half-lightweight division in 2002 and 2003.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Chloe Cowen profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chloe Cowen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  3. "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.