Sally Conway
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  Scotland
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| Women's judo | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2014 Glasgow | –70 kg |
Representing  United Kingdom
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| Women's judo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | –70 kg |
Sally Conway (born 1 February 1987) is a British judoka who competed for Team GB in the 2012 and the 2016 Rio Olympics in the women's 70 kg judo event.[1] Conway won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She competed for Scotland at women's 70 kg judo event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal.
Biography
Conway was born in Bristol in 1987.[2] Conway took up judo at the age of ten in her home town of Bristol.[3] She trains at Judo Scotland's Edinburgh headquarters in Ratho, having previously trained at Bisham Abbey.[3][4]
She competed for Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the −70 kg division.[5] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Chad's Carine Ngarlemdana with an ippon score after scoring with a wazaari.[6] She then lost to second seed Edith Bosch, to a wazari after being penalised with a shido for backing off.[6]
In 2013 she won the Olympic Athlete of the Year from the British Olympic Association and Female Player of the Year at the British Judo Awards.[3] She was the only Scot to be part of the British team sent to the 2016 Judo World Championships.[4] Conway was selected for the 2016 European Championships.[7]
She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 70kg category, defeating Israel's Linda Bolder in the quarter-finals, and then defeating Austria's Bernadette Graf to win the bronze medal.[2][8]
References
- ↑ "Sally Conway". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- 1 2 "Rio Olympics 2016: Briton Sally Conway wins -70kg judo bronze". BBC Sport. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Glasgow 2014 – Sally Conway Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- 1 2 Scotl, Jane Lewis BBC. "Judo World Championships: Sally Conway eyes Rio pointers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "Team Scotland celebrates more judo success with gold for Sarah Clark". Herald Scotland. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- 1 2 "London 2012 Olympics: Winston Gordon and Sally Conway's hopes of ending British judo gloom dashed". Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ "British Judo name 13-strong team for European Champs". Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ↑ Live Olympics 2016 day five, live: Sally Conway storms to three emphatic victories by ippon at the judo and into the final four, The Daily Telegraph, 10 August 2016
