Sally Conway

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Sally Conway (born February 1, 1987 in Bristol ) is a British judoka who won an Olympic bronze medal in 2016.

Athletic career

The 1.67 m tall Sally Conway has started her career in middleweight, the weight class up to 70 kg. In 2006 she won the silver medal at the Junior World Championships after losing to the Japanese Haruna Kawashima in the final. In 2007 Conway received a bronze medal at the U23 European Championships. At the Judo World Championships in 2009 , she finished fifth. After finishing seventh at the European Judo Championships in 2012 , she finished ninth at the 2012 Olympic Games .

In 2014 Conway won a bronze medal for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow . At the European Judo Championships in 2016 , she finished fifth. In Rio de Janeiro she defeated the French Gévrise Emane and Linda Bolder, who fought for Israel, at the 2016 Olympic Games . In the semifinals she was defeated by the Colombian Yuri Alvear , in the battle for bronze Conway defeated the Austrian Bernadette Graf . At the European Judo Championships in 2018 , Sally Conway reached the final and was defeated by Kim Polling from the Netherlands. In August 2019 Sally Conway reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in Tokyo with a victory over the Swede Anna Bernholm . After her defeat to the French Marie-Ève ​​Gahié , she defeated Michaela Polleres from Austria in the battle for bronze .

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SURNAME Conway, Sally
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British judoka
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Bristol