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Sandra Greaves (born June 17, 1963 in
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) is a retired
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"). ...
from Canada, who won the gold medal in the women's middleweight (– 66 kg) competition at the
1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...
, and many more nation-wide competitions. She was also the first female judoka to represent Canada at the
Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...
, competing in both 1988 and 1992. For


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Judo in Ontario The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Ontario since 1942. History Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbi ...
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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 Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
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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 ...


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1963 births Living people Canadian female judoka Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Canada Sportspeople from Winnipeg People from Saint Boniface, Winnipeg Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Footer Pan American Champions Judo Middleweight Women