Sarah Clark (born 3 January 1978) is a British judoka, who has competed at three Olympic Games.

Judo career

Clark came to prominence when winning the Scottish Championships in 1997. In 2000 and 2001 she won back to back half-middleweight British titles at the British Judo Championships. In 2004, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece, she competed in the half-middleweight (-63 kg) category and reached the last 16, where she was beaten by the eventual silver medalist, Claudia Heill. She then lost to

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in the first round of the repechage. Also during 2004 she won a bronze medal at the

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, in Bucharest. Two more British titles were secured in 2005 and 2006 and she achieved her best result to date, which was a European gold medal at the

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, in Tampere. In 2008, she went to her second Olympic Games, at the 2008 Summer Olympics, she again lost to Heill, this time in the first round of the women's 63 kg. The following year in 2009, a silver medal at the

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took her tally to a European medal of every colour. From 2008 to 2012 she secured three more British titles, bringing her total to seven. Clark ended her Olympic career on a high note by gaining selection for her home Olympic Games in London. Dropping down a weightclass, she competed in the women's 57 kg category, where she lost in the first round to Automne Pavia. In 2014, she won the gold medal in the 63kg for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clark, Sarah 1978 births Living people English female judoka Olympic judoka for Great Britain Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Durham, England Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games