Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown (born 5 July 1995) is a British

judoka is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...

who trains full-time at the British Judo Centre of Excellence in Walsall.

Early life and education

Yeats-Brown is from Pembury, Kent. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton in 2023 with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science.

Judo career

Yeats-Brown competed for England in the event at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

where she won a bronze medal. She is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the

British Judo Championships The British Judo Championships are held annually and feature various age and weight categories to determine the British champion. The Championships are currently held at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. Until 2013, the Championships wer ...

in 2016 and 2017 and the half-heavyweight title in 2018. In 2018, she finished fifth in the

2018 World Judo Championships The 2018 World Judo Championships was held between 20 and 27 September 2018 at National Gymnastics Arena in Baku, Azerbaijan. Schedule ''All times are local (Time in Azerbaijan, UTC+4).'' Medal summary Medal Table Men's events Women's e ...

in Baku, when ranked world 32 on IJF ranking list. Compeign in the women's 78 kg category she lost to

Guusje Steenhuis Guusje Steenhuis (born 27 October 1992) is a Dutch judoka. She won the bronze medal in the 78 kg event at the 2015 European Games in Baku. She is the four-time silver medalist of European Judo Championships in the 78 kg division. She competed i ...

in the quarter finals. in 2022, she went to her second Commonwealth Games, competing in the women's 70 kg category she won a bronze medal.

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* * * * * 1995 births Living people Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton English female judoka Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Judoka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in judo European Games competitors for Great Britain Judoka at the 2019 European Games Sportspeople from Pembury Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century British sportswomen Olympic judoka for Great Britain 21st-century English sportswomen {{UK-judo-bio-stub