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Lisa Kearney
Kearney interviewed in 2012
Personal information
NationalityNorthern Irish
Born (1989-05-27) 27 May 1989 (age 35)
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Weight48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
CountryIreland
SportJudo
Event−48 kg
ClubYamakwai Judo Club, Belfast
Coached byCiaran Ward
Retiredyes
Medal record
Women's Judo
Representing  Northern Ireland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Half flyweight

Lisa Kearney (born 27 May 1989) is a Northern Irish retired judoka, who competed in the −48 kg category.[1] Kearney, who lives and trains in Belfast, competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London as a member of the Ireland Olympic team.[2]

Career

Kearney started judo at primary school in order to join her friends.[3] Whilst still a child in 1999, she won silver in the −27 kg category of the Northern Ireland Judo Championships.[4] In 2009, she became the first judoka representing Ireland to reach the final of a Judo World Cup.[5] In 2012, she recovered from injury earned qualification for the Women's −48 kg judo at the 2012 Olympic Games in London by finishing in the top 14 in the International Judo Federation rankings.[3][6] In doing so, she became the first female judoka representing Ireland to compete at the Olympics. However, she lost her opening match to Wu Shegun of China.[7] The national Irish public broadcaster Raidió Teilifís Éireann was criticised for not featuring her match in their television coverage.[8] During 2013, she missed several events due to injury but got back into competing in preparation for the Commonwealth Games.[9] In 2014, Kearney represented Northern Ireland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the Women's −52 kg category and won the bronze medal with an armbar submission of Canada's Audrée Francis-Méthot, which was also Northern Ireland's first medal of the games.[10]

She had aimed to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics but suffered a knee injury which ruled her out of the Olympics as she was unable to take part in the qualification tournaments.[11] She stepped out under the advice of the Sports Institute for Northern Ireland who oversaw her rehabilitation.[12] In 2017, she announced her retirement from competitive judo.[13] Kearney had won four World Cup gold medals.[14]

Personal life

Kearney was born on 27 May 1989 in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She studied psychology as a student at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Lisa Kearney (IRL)". Judo Inside. Archived from the original on 26 October 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Lisa Kearney - Judo - Olympic Athlete". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 23 July 2012.
  3. ^ a b Padraig Coyle (16 July 2012). "Judo Expert Lisa Kearney Dreams of Olympic Gold". Culture Northern Ireland. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  4. ^ The Irish News Archive (13 May 1999). "Back in the day - GAA star John Donaldson returns to Armagh senior panel9". The Irish News. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ Olympics (23 September 2009). "Kearney claims silver in Judo World Cup". RTE. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  6. ^ Tony Cuddihy (7 July 2012). "London 2012: Introducing... Lisa Kearney". The42.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ^ Gregg, Nikki. "Olympic aftermath - Lisa Kearney on London 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  8. ^ __Authorname__ (28 July 2012). "London 2012: Day One". Irish Times. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Judo player Lisa Kearney targeting medal at Commonwealth Games". BBC Sport. 27 November 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  10. ^ "Glasgow 2014: Lisa Kearney wins Northern Ireland's first medal". BBC Sport. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  11. ^ Farrell, Sean (16 April 2015). "Heartbreak for Lisa Kearney as injury brings premature end to Olympic dream". The42.ie. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Lisa Kearney out of Rio 2016 Games after suffering knee injury". BBC Sport. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  13. ^ "Mixed emotions for our Kearney as she calls time on judo career". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Lisa Kearney". RTE. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
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