Natalie Powell
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Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | 16 October 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Women's 78 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Natalie Powell (born 16 October 1990) is a Welsh judoka. She competed for Wales in the women's 78 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.[1][2] In 2017 she became the first female British judoka to be ranked number one in the world, which she accomplished by winning a gold medal at the Abu Dhabi judo Grand Slam 2017.[3][4] Earlier that year she won a bronze medal at the European Championships.[3]
References
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ "Judo gold is dream come true for Wales' Natalie Powell". www.bbc.co.uk.
- 1 2 "Natalie Powell becomes first British top-ranked female judoka - BBC Sport". Bbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
- ↑ "England's Natalie tops world judo rankings with Abu Dhabi win". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
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