Sally Conway (born 1 February 1987) is a Scottish retired judoka who competed for

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in the

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and the

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in the women's 70 kg judo event. Conway won a bronze medal in the

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. She competed for

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at women's 70 kg judo event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal.

Biography

Conway was born in

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in 1987. Conway took up judo at the age of ten in her home town of Bristol. She trains at Judo Scotland's

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headquarters in

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, having previously trained at Bisham Abbey. She competed for Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the −70 kg division. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Chad's Carine Ngarlemdana with an

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score after scoring with a wazaari. She then lost to second seed

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, to a wazari after being penalised with a shido for backing off. In 2013, she won the Olympic Athlete of the Year from the British Olympic Association and Female Player of the Year at the British Judo Awards. She was the only Scot to be part of the British team sent to the 2016 Judo World Championships. Conway was selected for the 2016 European Championships. She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 70 kg category, defeating Israel's

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in the quarter-finals, and then defeating Austria's

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to win the bronze medal.Live Olympics 2016 day five, live: Sally Conway storms to three emphatic victories by ippon at the judo and into the final four
''The Daily Telegraph'', 10 August 2016 In May 2019, Conway was selected to compete at the

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. In August, Conway competed at the

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held in Tokyo, Japan. She won her first three fight, losing to the eventual world champion Marie Eve Gahie of France, in the semi-final. She beat Austrian Michaela Polleres in the bronze medal fight, earning her first senior medal at the World Championships. In February 2021 Conway announced her retirement from judo. She was seven times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Conway, Sally 1987 births Living people Scottish female judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Great Britain Sportspeople from Bristol Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in judo Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland European Games competitors for Great Britain Judoka at the 2015 European Games Judoka at the 2019 European Games Scottish Olympic medallists Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games