Janelle Shepherd (born 3 May 1985 in

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) is an Australian

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, who played for the women's heavyweight category. She is a five-time Australian judo champion for her respective division (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010), and also, a member of the University of New South Wales Judo Club, under her personal coach John Buckley. Shepherd represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's +78 kg class. She defeated Italy's Michela Torrenti, and Germany's

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in the preliminary rounds, before losing out the quarterfinal match to Cuba's

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, by an ippon (full point) and an

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(sliding lapel strangle). Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Shepherd offered another for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, she finished only in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Egypt's Samah Ramadan, who successfully scored an ippon and a

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, at one minute and thirty-six seconds.

References

External links

Profile – Australian Olympic Team
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Australian female judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Australia Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1985 births Martial artists from Sydney 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-judo-bio-stub