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)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London +78 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Munich Open
Silver medal – second place 2003 Osaka Open
Silver medal – second place 2005 Cairo +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2005 Cairo Open
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rotterdam +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Birmingham +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Osaka +78 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Oviedo +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2000 Wrocław +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2003 Düsseldorf +78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Rotterdam +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2004 Bucharest +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Paris Open
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vienna +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Chelyabinsk +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Amsterdam +78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Qingdao +78 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Porto +72 kg
Gold medal – first place 1998 Cali +78 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Bucharest +78 kg
Silver medal – second place 1995 Valladolid +72 kg
Silver medal – second place 1996 Monte Carlo +72 kg
Silver medal – second place 1997 Ljubljana +72 kg
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".