Karina Bryant

Karina Bryant
Bryant in April 2012
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45)
Kingston-upon-Thames, London
Home townCamberley, Surrey
OccupationJudoka
Height1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb) (2012)[1]
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
ClubCamberley judo club
Coached byLuke Preston
Retired2 August 2013
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesBronze (2012)
World Champ.Silver (2001, 2003, 2005,
Silver( 2005, 2009)
European Champ.Gold (1998, 2000, 2003,
Gold( 2005)
Profile at external databases
IJF109
JudoInside.com305
Updated on 28 May 2023

Karina Bryant (born 27 January 1979) is a British retired elite judoka, who was active in elite senior competition in the 2000s and early 2010s. She represented Great Britain at four successive Olympics between 2000 and 2012, winning her first Olympic medal, a bronze, in the heavyweight event at her final Games, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2] She was a seven-time medallist at both the European Judo Championships and the World Judo Championships, and was European Champion on four occasions.

Bryant announced her retirement from professional Judo in August 2013.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference teamgb was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Karina Bryant". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Judoka Bryant to retire".