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Natalie Powell

Natalie Anne Powell (born 16 October 1990) is a Welsh retired[1] judoka.[2] She competed for Wales in the women's 78 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.[3][4]

Natalie Powell
Personal information
Full nameNatalie Anne Powell
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 35)
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
OccupationJudoka
Sport
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍78 kg
RetiredSeptember 2024[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ.‹See Tfd›Bronze (2017)
European Champ.‹See Tfd›Bronze (2016, 2017, 2018)
Commonwealth Games1st place, gold medalist(s) (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Budapest‍–‍78 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Kazan‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Warsaw‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Tel Aviv‍–‍78 kg
World Masters
Silver medal – second place2015 Rabat‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Guadalajara‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Guangzhou‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2017 Abu Dhabi‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Ekaterinburg‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Abu Dhabi‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Brasilia‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Abu Dhabi‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Paris‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Düsseldorf‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2021 Abu Dhabi‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Tbilisi‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2014 Astana‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place2015 Tashkent‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Tel Aviv‍–‍78 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Zagreb‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2012 Abu Dhabi‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2013 Abu Dhabi‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Samsun‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2015 Samsun‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Cancún‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Samsun‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Miami‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Rijeka‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Düsseldorf‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Budapest‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Zagreb‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Tashkent‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2016 Tbilisi‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Antalya‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Budapest‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Budapest‍–‍78 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Tashkent‍–‍78 kg
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2014 Glasgow‍–‍78 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF10332
JudoInside.com48367
Updated on 4 November 2024

Judo career

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Powell is a four times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.[5]

In 2017, she became the first female British judoka to be ranked number one in the world, which she accomplished by winning a gold medal at the Abu Dhabi judo Grand Slam 2017.[6][7] Earlier that year she won a bronze medal at the European Championships.[6] In May 2019, Powell was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[8]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9]

Personal life

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Natalie is openly lesbian.[10]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Natalie Powell Announces Retirement from Judo". British Judo Association. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Natalie Powell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Judo gold is dream come true for Wales' Natalie Powell". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ↑ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Natalie Powell becomes first British top-ranked female judoka - BBC Sport". Bbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "England's Natalie tops world judo rankings with Abu Dhabi win". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ Outsports (12 July 2021). "At least 179 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Retrieved 1 August 2021.
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