Lucy Renshall
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Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-12-11) 11 December 1995 (age 28) St Helens, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | R16 (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 7th (2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 30 July 2024 |
Lucy Renshall (born 11 December 1995) is a British judoka,[1][2][3] who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
Early life and education
Renshall is from Eccleston, St Helens. At age 8, she joined SKK Judo Club in Earlestown. She later trained at the British Judo Centre in Walsall[5] and studied at the University of Wolverhampton.[6]
Judo career
Renshall is a four times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021.[7]
In 2020, Renshall was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she competed in the women's 63 kg category.
Renshall is the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya champion in the –63 kg class.[8] She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[9] She repeated this at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[10]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Renshall defeated Australian judoka Katharina Haecker via golden score in the first round but lost her next contest by the same method to Lubjana Piovesana, who until three years earlier had been her Great Britain teammate before switching to represent Austria.[11][12]
References
- ^ "Lucy Renshall profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "IJF Profile". IJF.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "JudoInside Profile". judoinside.com. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "St Helens' Lucy Renshall kitted out for second Olympics". St Helens Star. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ O'Brien, Lisa (30 June 2022). "Wolverhampton university sports student ranks world number one for judo". Express & Star. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "Results 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya -63 kg". IJF.org. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo star Chelsie Giles returns with Grand Slam silver". Team GB. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (27 November 2021). "Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "Renshall eliminated in women's Judo second round by ex-GB opponent". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
- ^ "Lucy Renshall exits Paris 2024 with defeat to former GB team-mate". Express and Star. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
External links
- Lucy Renshall at the International Judo Federation
- Lucy Renshall at JudoInside.com
- Lucy Renshall at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Lucy Renshall at Olympics.com
- Lucy Renshall at Olympedia
- Lucy Renshall at Team GB
- Lucy Renshall at The-Sports.org
- Lucy Renshall on Instagram
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