Kelly Edwards

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Kelly Edwards
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1991-01-09) 9 January 1991 (age 33)
Occupation
Judoka
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍48 kg, ‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2012)
World Champ.R16 (2010)
European Champ.7th (
2010)
Commonwealth GamesSilver (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Great Britain
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Warsaw ‍–‍48 kg
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF2718
JudoInside.com39340
Updated on 25 November 2022.

Kelly Edwards (born 9 January 1991)

Judo career

Edwards came to prominence in 2007 after she became champion of Great Britain, winning the extra-lightweight division at the British Judo Championships.[4]

Her Great British international debut came in 2010 in Vienna, where she took seventh place in the European Judo Championships, aged only 19.[5] In 2011, Edwards won gold in the European Cup in Málaga in the under 48kg class and also won her second British title at extra-lightweight.[4]

In 2012, she again won gold in the British Open European Cup in Crawley.[6][7] In June 2012, Edwards was chosen to represent Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the under 48 kg event, she was eliminated by Tomoko Fukumi.[8]

In 2013, she won her third British title at the heavier weight of half-lightweight before representing England at the 2014

hansoku-make (for a fourth and final shido
penalty) with 3 seconds remaining on the clock.

In 2015, she won her fourth and last British title.[4]

World Cup Results Table[10]
Date Result Judo Event
19 October 2013 3 European Open Rome
27 September 2014 7 European Open Tallinn
4 October 2014 5 European Open Glasgow
8 November 2014 3 African Open Port Louis
14 November 2014 2 Oceania Open Wollongong
17 January 2015 7 African Open Tunis
14 March 2015 3 African Open Casablanca
10 September 2016 3 European Open Tallinn
15 October 2016 1 European Open Glasgow
4 February 2017 7 European Open Sofia

References

  1. ^ "Kelly Edwards". Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Kelly Edwards profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kelly Edwards". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Kelly Edwards - Athlete profile". www.britishjudo.org.uk. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  6. ^ "European Cup Malaga, 2011, Spain". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Britain's judokas win four more European Cup golds". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Kelly Edwards : Team GB London 2012 Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
  9. ^ "Sisters Kimberley and Louise Renicks start Scotland gold rush in judo". Retrieved 9 August 2014.
  10. ^ "Kelly Edwards, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

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