Lucy Renshall (born 11 December 1995) is a British

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, who competed at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan.

Early life and education

Renshall is from

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. At age 8, she joined SKK Judo Club in Earlestown. She later trained at the British Judo Centre in Walsall and studied at the University of Wolverhampton.

Judo career

Renshall is a four times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-middleweight division at the

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in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021. In 2020, Renshall was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she competed in the women's 63 kg category. Renshall is the

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champion in the 63 kg class. She also won the gold medal in her event at the

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held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She repeated this at the

2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi was held at the Jiu-Jitsu Arena in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates from 26 to 28 November 2021. Event videos The event will air freely on the IJF YouTube channel. Medal summary Men's events Women's even ...

held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. At the

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in Paris, Renshall defeated Australian judoka Katharina Haecker via golden score in the first round but lost her next contest by the same method to

Lubjana Piovesana Lubjana Piovesana (born 3 January 1997) is a British and Austrian judoka. Piovesana is the 2018 U23 European Champion. She is a bronze medalist from the 2019 Judo Grand Prix Marrakesh in the 63 kg category. In addition she is the youngest ...

, who until three years earlier had been her Great Britain teammate before switching to represent Austria.

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* * * 1995 births Living people Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton English female judoka Judoka at the 2019 European Games European Games competitors for Great Britain Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Great Britain 21st-century British sportswomen Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics People from Knowsley, Merseyside Sportspeople from St Helens, Merseyside 21st-century English sportswomen {{UK-judo-bio-stub