{{Short description|British Paralympic powerlifter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson | headercolor = yellow | name = Louise Sugden | image = | image_size = <!--Only for images narrower than 220 pixels.--> | caption = | birth_name = | fullname = Louise Sugden | nickname = | residence = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|7|20|df=y}} | birth_place = Newbury, England | height = | weight = | country = {{GBR2}}<br />{{ENG}} | sport = Wheelchair Basketball and Powerlifting | event = | club = | turnedpro = | coach = | worlds = | regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | paralympics = 2008<br />2012<br />2020 | highestranking = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalSport | Women's wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalCompetition|Paralympic World Cup}} {{MedalGold|2011 Para World Cup|Wheelchair basketball}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalSport | Women's powerlifting}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Heavyweight}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{Medal|Competition| Paralympic Games }} {{Medal|Bronze| 2020 Tokyo | 86 kg }} | show-medals = | updated = }} '''Louise Sugden''' is a British powerlifter and former international wheelchair basketball player.
==Wheelchair Basketball== Sugden was born in Newbury. She started playing wheelchair basketball at age 13.
She competed in 6 European championships, winning bronze in five of them. She brought home a gold from the 2011 Paralympic World Cup.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.channel4.com/news/paralympic-world-cup-brits-win-wheelchair-basketball-gold| title=Paralympic World Cup: Brits win wheelchair basketball gold |date=27 May 2011|accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> She competed in the Beijing and London Paralympic Games.<ref>{{citation |url=http://louisesugden.co.uk/ |title=Louise Sugden |accessdate=13 April 2018 |archive-date=14 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414010649/http://louisesugden.co.uk/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> She retired from international competition in 2016, then from the sport as a whole in 2017.
==Powerlifting== In 2017 she started Para powerlifting. Nine months after starting in the sport, she won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43708055| title=Commonwealth Games: England's Louise Sugden wins Para-powerlifting silver | work=BBC Sport |date=10 April 2018|accessdate=13 April 2018}}</ref> She was due to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but withdrew due to a shoulder injury.<ref>{{cite web |title=Louise Sugden has withdrawn from the 2022 Commonwealth Games |url=https://teamengland.org/news/louise-sugden-has-withdrawn-from-the-2022-commonwealth-games#:~:text=27.07.2022-,%E2%80%8B%E2%80%8BLouise%20Sugden%20has%20withdrawn%20from%20the%202022%20Commonwealth,a%20recently%20incurred%20shoulder%20injury. |website=Team England |access-date=20 January 2023}}</ref>
At the 2020 Paralympic Games, Sugden won powerlifting bronze in the women's 86 kg category, securing the medal with her final lift. The Newbury lifter successfully made 131 kg in the last round to claim the bronze.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.paralympics.org.uk/articles/sugden-surges-to-powerlifting-bronze| title=Sugden surges to powerlifting bronze |date=1 September 2021|accessdate=1 September 2021}}</ref>
Sugden was a guest on The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 a few hours after landing in London.
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