Karina Bryant

Karina Bryant

Bryant in April 2012
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45) Kingston-upon-Thames, London
Home town	Camberley, Surrey
Occupation	Judoka
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	103 kg (227 lb) (2012)[1]
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Judo
Weight class	+78 kg
Club	Camberley judo club
Coached by	Luke Preston
Retired	2 August 2013
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games	(2012)
World Champ.	(2001, 2003, 2005, ( 2005, 2009)
European Champ.	(1998, 2000, 2003, ( 2005)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London +78 kg World Championships 2001 Munich Open 2003 Osaka Open 2005 Cairo +78 kg 2005 Cairo Open 2009 Rotterdam +78 kg 1999 Birmingham +78 kg 2003 Osaka +78 kg European Championships 1998 Oviedo +78 kg 2000 Wrocław +78 kg 2003 Düsseldorf +78 kg 2005 Rotterdam +78 kg 2004 Bucharest +78 kg 2001 Paris Open 2010 Vienna +78 kg 2012 Chelyabinsk +78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2011 Amsterdam +78 kg 2011 Qingdao +78 kg World Juniors Championships 1996 Porto +72 kg 1998 Cali +78 kg European Junior Championships 1998 Bucharest +78 kg 1995 Valladolid +72 kg 1996 Monte Carlo +72 kg 1997 Ljubljana +72 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	109
JudoInside.com	305
Updated on 28 May 2023

Karina Bryant (born 27 January 1979) is a British retired elite judoka, who was active in elite senior competition in the 2000s and early 2010s. She represented Great Britain at four successive Olympics between 2000 and 2012, winning her first Olympic medal, a bronze, in the heavyweight event at her final Games, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[2] She was a seven-time medallist at both the European Judo Championships and the World Judo Championships, and was European Champion on four occasions.

Bryant announced her retirement from professional Judo in August 2013.^[3]