Amy Cotton
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Born | 22 January 1980 Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada | (age 44)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –78 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | R16 (2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 7th (2005, 2009) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pan American Champ. | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 27 November 2022 |
Amy Cotton (born 22 January 1980) is a judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's half heavyweight division (-78 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Cotton was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at the age of fourteen and was told that if she continued, she would most likely have serious health complications by the age of 21. Cotton continued to train and is a two time Olympian. She now lives in Saskatchewan.
See also
References
External links
- Amy Cotton at the International Judo Federation
- Amy Cotton at JudoInside.com
- Amy Cotton at Olympedia
- Amy Cotton at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1980 births
- Living people
- Canadian female judoka
- Judoka at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of Canada
- People from Antigonish, Nova Scotia
- Sportspeople from Nova Scotia
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Canadian women
- 21st-century Canadian women
- Canadian judo biography stubs