Dawn Netherwood

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Dawn Netherwood (born February 22, 1960 ) is a former British judoka who won two medals at world championships and four medals at European championships.

Athletic career

Dawn Netherwood began her international career in 1977 when she won the British Open in the weight class up to 56 kilograms. In 1978 she reached the final in the same weight class at the 1978 European Championships in Cologne and received the silver medal behind the Austrian Gerda Winklbauer . 1979 Netherwood fought in the weight class up to 61 kilograms. At the European Championships in 1979 in Kerkrade, she lost in the final against Brigitte Deydier from France .

In 1980 Netherwood won the British Championships in the weight class up to 66 kilograms, in this weight class she stayed until the end of her career. At the end of November 1980, the first World Championships for women took place in New York City . In the final Netherwood lost to the Austrian Edith Simon . 1982 Netherwood reached the final of the European Championships in Oslo and won silver behind Edith Simon. At the 1982 World Championships in Paris, Netherwood was eliminated from the Japanese Hiromi Tateishi . 1983 in Genoa , Dawn Netherwood reached a European Championship final for the fourth time and won her fourth silver medal, this time behind the Italian Laura Di Toma . At the 1984 World Championships in Vienna, Netherwood was defeated by the Dutch Irene de Kok in the round of 16 . Netherwood won a bronze medal with victories in the hope round over the Norwegian Heidi Andersen and the Swede Elisabeth Karlsson . A month later Netherwood won the tournament in Fukuoka, in the final she defeated Roswitha Hartl from Austria.

In 1985 Dawn Netherwood finished fifth at the European Championships in Landskrona , in 1986 at the European Championships in London she reached fifth place not only in the middleweight division, but also in the open class. At the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1986 she reached the final and received silver behind the Scot Eileen Boyle . In 1989, Dawn Netherwood won the Belgian Open at the end of her career.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ^ Tournament of Fukuoka 1984 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ 1986 Commonwealth Games in judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Netherwood, Dawn
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British judoka
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1960