Sophie Cox
| Medal record | ||
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| Women's Judo | ||
Representing  United Kingdom
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| Judo World Cup | ||
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2010 Birmingham | -57 kg |
| European Judo Championships | ||
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2004 Romania | -57 kg |
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2005 Netherlands | -57 kg |
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2003 Germany | -57 kg |
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2011 Turkey | -52 kg |
Sophie Cox (born 1981) is a British judo player from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England. She represented Great Britain at the 2004 Olympics in Greece.[1] She won silver medals in the 2004 and 2005 European Judo Championships in Romania and the Netherlands.[2][3] Cox temporarily suspended her judo career in 2005.
In 2011, she won one of the bronze medals in the European Judo Championships in Turkey.[4] She represented Team GB in London 2012 Olympic Games at ExCeL London, being knocked out in the first round by Kum Ae An[5] who went on to win the Gold medal, in the under 52 kg category.[6]
Cox now coaches judo, judo for BJJ and no-gi grappling as well as training in and competing in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. She travels all over the UK and Europe to teach and coach but is mostly based in the North West, Rochdale, Stockport, Manchester and Kendal.
References
- ^ Sophie Cox earns judo World Cup bronze BBC Sport. 2 October 2010.
- ^ Sophie Cox - Athlete Profile Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine British Judo (British Judo Association).
- ^ 2005 European Judo Championships Competition Results - Men and Women International Judo Federation Archived from the original on 2006-10-15.
- ^ COX Sophie: Results judobase (International Judo Federation).
- ^ Official London 2012 website
- ^ Official London 2012 website
Further reading
- London 2012: Judoka Sophie Cox aims to complete golden return BBC Sport. 30 January 2012.
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- 1982 births
- English female judoka
- Olympic judoka of Great Britain
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rochdale
- Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in judo
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- British judo biography stubs