Natalie Powell

Natalie Powell
Personal information
Full nameNatalie Anne Powell
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
OccupationJudoka
Sport
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍78 kg
RetiredSeptember 2024[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games7th (2016)
World Champ. (2017)
European Champ. (2016, 2017, 2018)
Commonwealth Games (2014)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2017 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
European Championships
2016 Kazan ‍–‍78 kg
2017 Warsaw ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
World Masters
2015 Rabat ‍–‍78 kg
2016 Guadalajara ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2017 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2019 Brasilia ‍–‍78 kg
2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2016 Paris ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg
2021 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2022 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2014 Astana ‍–‍78 kg
2015 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍78 kg
2022 Zagreb ‍–‍78 kg
2012 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2013 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍78 kg
2014 Samsun ‍–‍78 kg
2015 Samsun ‍–‍78 kg
2017 Cancún ‍–‍78 kg
2013 Samsun ‍–‍78 kg
2013 Miami ‍–‍78 kg
2013 Rijeka ‍–‍78 kg
2014 Düsseldorf ‍–‍78 kg
2014 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
2014 Zagreb ‍–‍78 kg
2014 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
2016 Tbilisi ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Antalya ‍–‍78 kg
2018 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
2019 Budapest ‍–‍78 kg
2019 Tashkent ‍–‍78 kg
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow ‍–‍78 kg
2022 Birmingham ‍–‍78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF10332
JudoInside.com48367
Updated on 4 November 2024

Natalie Anne Powell (born 16 October 1990) is a Welsh retired[1] judoka.[2] She competed for Wales in the women's 78 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.[3][4]

Judo career

Powell is a four times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.[5]

In 2017, she became the first female British judoka to be ranked number one in the world, which she accomplished by winning a gold medal at the Abu Dhabi judo Grand Slam 2017.[6][7] Earlier that year she won a bronze medal at the European Championships.[6] In May 2019, Powell was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[8]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9]

Personal life

Natalie is openly lesbian.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Natalie Powell Announces Retirement from Judo". British Judo Association. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Natalie Powell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Judo gold is dream come true for Wales' Natalie Powell". www.bbc.co.uk.
  5. ^ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Natalie Powell becomes first British top-ranked female judoka - BBC Sport". Bbc.com. 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ^ "England's Natalie tops world judo rankings with Abu Dhabi win". GulfNews.com. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  8. ^ "Team GB squad announcement for the European Games". Team GB. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ Outsports (12 July 2021). "At least 179 out LGBTQ athletes at Tokyo Olympics, a record by far". Retrieved 1 August 2021.


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