Sarah Clark (born 3 January 1978) is a British judoka, who has competed at three Olympic Games.[1]
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 January 1978 Durham, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –57 kg, –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 13th (2004) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R32
(2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(2006) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games |  (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 106 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 8879 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 16 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Judo career
editClark got her Shodan black belt at the young age of 15.[citation needed] Clark came to prominence when winning the Scottish Championships in 1997. In 2000 and 2001 she won back to back half-middleweight British titles at the British Judo Championships.[2]
In 2004, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece, she competed in the half-middleweight (-63 kg) category and reached the last 16, where she was beaten by the eventual silver medalist, Claudia Heill. She then lost to Ronda Rousey in the first round of the repechage.[3] Also during 2004 she won a bronze medal at the 2004 European Judo Championships, in Bucharest.[1]
Two more British titles were secured in 2005 and 2006[4] and she achieved her best result to date, which was a European gold medal at the 2006 European Judo Championships, in Tampere.[1]
In 2008, she went to her second Olympic Games, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she again lost to Heill, this time in the first round[5] of the women's 63 kg. The following year in 2009, a silver medal at the 2009 European Judo Championships took her tally to a European medal of every colour. From 2008 to 2012 she secured three more British titles, bringing her total to seven.[4]
She suffered a broken arm in 2009, which required surgery. During the recovery process she intensely trained the left-handed uchimata.[citation needed]
Clark ended her Olympic career on a high note by gaining selection for her home Olympic Games in London. Dropping down a weightclass, she competed in the women's 57 kg category, where she lost in the first round to Automne Pavia.[6][7][3]
In 2014, she won the gold medal in the 63kg for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Sarah Clark profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sarah Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ a b "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Beijing 2008 Women's Half-Middleweight (-63 kg) Judo". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "London 2012 - Women's Lightweight (-57 kg) Judo". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
- ^ "London 2012: Sarah Clark". London 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
External links
edit- Sarah Clark at the International Judo Federation
- Sarah Clark at JudoInside.com
- Sarah Clark at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Sarah Clark at Olympics.com
- Sarah Clark at Olympedia
- Sarah Clark at The-Sports.org