Kristie-Anne Ryder (born 9 March 1990 in

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) is an Australian

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, who played for the half-lightweight category. She is a multiple-time Australian junior champion, and a member of the judo team for Zillmere

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(PCYC), under her personal coach Patrick Mahon. Ryder represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out to Belgian judoka and Olympic bronze medalist

Ilse Heylen Ilse Heylen (born 21 March 1977, Edegem) is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Heylen competed in the Half-lightweight (52 kg). She won her first ...

, by an

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In Judo In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the four ...

(full point), and a

deashi harai , more accurately romanized: Deashibarai, is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai-Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-Nagewaza, of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of th ...

(advanced foot sweep), at one minute and thirteen 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 Sportswomen from Queensland 1990 births Sportspeople from Brisbane 21st-century Australian women 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-judo-bio-stub