Sarah Adlington

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Sarah Adlington
2018 World Judo Championships 104.jpg
Adlington (right) faces off against Maria Suelen Altheman at the 2018 World Judo Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 37)
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
Occupation Judoka
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
Sport Judo
Weight class +78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games R32 (2020)
World Champ. 5th (2018)
European Champ. 7th (2019)
Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games Gold medal blank.svg (2014, 2022)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Moscow +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Tashkent +78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Cancún +78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Tashkent +78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 The Hague +78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Tashkent +78 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Salzburg +78 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Zagreb +78 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2005 Zagreb +78 kg
Representing Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Scotland +78 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham +78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 1923
JudoInside.com 25511
Updated on 27 November 2022.

Sarah Jayne Adlington (born 5 August 1986) is a British judoka. [1]

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Judo career

She has won over 75 medals including becoming champion of Great Britain on seven occasions, winning the heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021 and 2023. [2]

In 2013, she won the European Open in Rome and in 2015, she won the +78kg gold at the 2015 Oceania Open in Wollongong. [3] [4]

She competed in the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus. [5] In 2020, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo but was defeated in the first round of the women's +78 kg category. [6] [7]

She competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 where she won a gold medal in the Women's +78 kg event and in 2022 where she won another gold medal in the Women's +78 kg event. [8]

In 2023, she won the +78kg title at the British Judo Championships. This was her seventh British national title. [9]

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2008 European Championships 5thHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2009 European Championships 7thHeavyweight (+78 kg)

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References

  1. "Sarah Adlington Judoka". Judo Inside. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. "Oceania Open Wollongong 2015". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. "European Open Rome 2013". International Judo Federation . Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB . 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women +78 kg Schedule". 2020 Summer Olympics . Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  7. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  8. "Sarah Adlington". Team Scotland. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  9. "Senior National Champions Crowned in Sheffield". British Judo. Retrieved 14 December 2023.