Sophie Cox (born 1981) is a British

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player from

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, England. She represented Great Britain at the

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in Greece.

Judo career

Cox became champion of Great Britain, winning the lightweight division at the

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in 2001. The following year she successfully defended her title and won further titles in 2004 and 2005. She also won two silver medals at consecutive

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; in the

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in Romania and the

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in the Netherlands. These came after a bronze medal in 2003. Cox temporarily suspended her judo career in 2005. During this successful period she was selected to represent Great Britain at the

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in Greece, competing in the women's 57 kg category she reached the quarter-finals before losing to eventual bronze medallist Kye Sun-hui. She returned to form in 2011, after dropping to half-lightweight. In 2011, she won one of the bronze medals in the

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in Turkey and won her fifth British Championship title. In 2012, she represented

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at the London 2012 Olympic Games, held at

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, being knocked out in the first round by Kum Ae An who went on to win the gold medal, in the under 52 kg category. She later won her sixth and final British Championship.

Coaching

Cox now coaches judo, judo for BJJ and no-gi grappling as well as training in and competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She travels all over the UK and Europe to teach and coach but is mostly based in the North West, Rochdale, Stockport, Manchester and Kendal.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Sophie 1982 births English female judoka Olympic judoka for Great Britain Living people Sportspeople from Rochdale Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 21st-century English women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Judo career

Coaching

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