Kelly Petersen Pollard

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Kelly Petersen Pollard
Personal information
Born (1999-04-30) 30 April 1999 (age 26)
Birmingham, England
Occupation Judoka
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport Judo
Weight class 70 kg
Coached byFitzroy Davis
Achievements and titles
World Champ. R16 (2024)
European Champ. 7th (2022)
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Bronze medal blank.svg (2022)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Dushanbe 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Baku 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Abu Dhabi 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Tel Aviv 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Dushanbe 70 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Zagreb 70 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Linz 70 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Dushanbe 70 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Vantaa 70 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 70 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 30500
JudoInside.com 90707
Updated on 4 May 2025

Kelly Petersen Pollard (born 30 April 1999) is a British judoka. [1] [2]

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Judo career

Petersen Pollard won her first three three British middleweight titles at the British Judo Championships in 2018, 2019 and 2021. [3]

She is the bronze medallist of the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku in the -70 kg category. [4] [5] At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won one of the bronze medals in her event. [6]

She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. [7]

In the December of 2024 and 2025, she won her 4th and 5th British middleweight title respectively, at the British Judo Championships. [8] [9]

References

  1. "Kelly Petersen Pollard". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  2. "Kelly Petersen Pollard". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  3. "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  4. "Results 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku -70 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  5. "Tokyo star Chelsie Giles returns with Grand Slam silver". Team GB. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. Houston, Michael (27 November 2021). "Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  7. Lloyd, Owen (18 February 2022). "Japanese judoka Horikawa and Tanaka victorious at Tel Aviv Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz . Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  8. "British Junior and Senior Championships 2024". British Judo. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  9. "British Pre Cadet, Cadet, Junior and Senior Championships 2025" (PDF). British Judo. Retrieved 1 January 2026.