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Sarah Adlington
Adlington (right) faces off against Maria Suelen Altheman at the 2018 World Judo Championships
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1986-08-05) 5 August 1986 (age 40)
Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportJudo
+78 kg
Achievements and titles
R32 (2020)
5th (2018)
7th (2019)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2014, 2022)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Great Britain
IJF Grand Slam
Bronze medal – third place2013 Moscow+78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tashkent+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Cancún+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Tashkent+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 The Hague+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Tashkent+78 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2007 Salzburg+78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2008 Zagreb+78 kg
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 Zagreb+78 kg
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Scotland+78 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham+78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF1923
JudoInside.com25511
Updated on 27 November 2022

Sarah Jayne Adlington (born 5 August 1986) is a British judoka, who won gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Judo career

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Adlington has won over 75 medals including becoming champion of Great Britain on eight occasions, winning the heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2007, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2021, 2023 and 2024.[2][3]

In 2013, she won the European Open in Rome and in 2015, she won the +78 kg gold at the 2015 Oceania Open in Wollongong.[4][5]

She competed in the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[6] In 2020, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo but was defeated in the first round of the women's +78 kg category.[7][8]

She competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 2014 where she won a gold medal in the Women's +78 kg event and in 2022 where she won another gold medal in the Women's +78 kg event.[9]

In 2023, she won the +78 kg title at the British Judo Championships. This was her seventh British national title.[10]

Personal life

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Born in Shrewsbury, England, Adlington was raised in Edinburgh.[11]

Achievements

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YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2008European Championships 5thHeavyweight (+78 kg)
2009European Championships 7thHeavyweight (+78 kg)

References

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  1. ↑ "Sarah Adlington Judoka". Judo Inside. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "British Junior and Senior Championships 2024". British Judo. Retrieved 1 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Oceania Open Wollongong 2015". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "European Open Rome 2013". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  7. ↑ "2020 Summer Olympics — Judo - Women +78 kg Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  8. ↑ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Sarah Adlington". Team Scotland. Retrieved 8 September 2022.
  10. ↑ "Senior National Champions Crowned in Sheffield". British Judo. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Adlington sets sights on unprecedented treble". Ealing Times. 15 April 2026.
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