Stephanie Grant (born 21 March 1987 in
Hobart
Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...
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) is an Australian
judoka
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, who played for the half-heavyweight category. She is a member of the University of Tasmania Judo Club, under her personal coach Milos Kovacik, and has twice been the Australian judo champion,.
Grant represented
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
in
Beijing
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, where she competed for the
women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing to
Marylise Levesque of Canada, who successfully scored 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 an ''
osotogari
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 waza), of Kodokan Judo. It is also included in the current 67 Throws of Kodokan Judo. ...
'' (big outer reap), at one minute and ten seconds.
References
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External links
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Australian Olympic Team profile*
Australian female judoka
Living people
Olympic judoka for Australia
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Hobart
1987 births
20th-century Australian women
21st-century Australian women
Sportswomen from Tasmania
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