Amy Cotton (born 22 January 1980) is a
judoka from
Canada
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, who won the bronze medal in the women's half heavyweight division (-78 kg) at the
2003 Pan American Games
The 2003 Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to 17, 2003. The successful bid for the games was made in the mid-1990s, when Dominican Republic had one of the highest growth rates in Latin America.
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in
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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. She represented Canada at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, Greece and the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London, United Kingdom.
Cotton was diagnosed with
juvenile arthritis
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at the age of fourteen and was told that if she continued, she would most likely have serious health complications by the age of 21. Cotton continued to train and is a two time Olympian. She now lives in
Saskatchewan
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.
See also
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Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Vancouver in 1924. S ...
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List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
References
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1980 births
Living people
Canadian female judoka
Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of Canada
People from Antigonish, Nova Scotia
Sportspeople from Nova Scotia
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
20th-century Canadian women
21st-century Canadian women
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