Rachel Wilding
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| Full name | Rachel Wilding | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 July 1976 Woking, Surrey, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 78 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Camberley Judo Club | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mark Earle | ||||||||||||||
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Rachel Wilding (born 18 July 1976 in Woking, Surrey, England) is an English judoka, who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category.[1] She held three British senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of thirty-one medals in her career, including a silver from the 2005 European Judo Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and represented Great Britain in the 78-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout most of her sporting career, Wilding trained for the Camberley Judo Club in Camberley under her personal coach and sensei Mark Earle.[2][3]
Wilding qualified for Team GB in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by securing a place and a victory from the British judo trials in Wolverhampton.[4][5] She opened her prelim match by throwing Spain's Esther San Miguel into the tatami on a brilliant ippon and an ura nage (rear throw) with only 25 seconds left in the clock, before falling short to Ukraine's Anastasiia Matrosova in the quarterfinals with a more robust tactic.[6] Wilding gave herself a chance for an Olympic medal in the repechage round, but wasted her charm with a tough defeat from South Korea's Lee So-yeon.[7][8]
At the 2005 European Judo Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, Wilding recorded her only personal career best to pick up a silver medal in the 78-kg division, losing out to neighboring France's Céline Lebrun in the final.[9][10]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rachel Wilding". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Judo - Bryants leads World assault". Get Hampshire. 4 August 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Hubbard, Alan (1 August 2004). "Bryant gets heavy with the China syndrome". The Independent. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Langley, Russell (17 May 2004). "Judo players claim eight Olympic spots". UK Sport. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Britain names judo team". BBC Sport. 20 May 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Wilding downed in quarters". BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Judo: Women's Half-Heavyweight (78kg/172 lbs) Repechage Round 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Deedes, Henry (19 August 2004). "Olympic Digest: Judo". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ Taylor, Lee (23 May 2005). "Bryant claims fourth European Crown". UK Sport. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
- ^ "Bryant wins European judo title". BBC Sport. 23 May 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
External links
- Rachel Wilding at JudoInside.com
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