# Sally Conway > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sally_Conway > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Sally_Conway.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Conway > Source revision: 1348633316 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Sally Conway** (born 1 February 1987) is a Scottish retired [judoka](/source/Judoka) who competed for [Team GB](/source/Team_GB) in the [2012](/source/Judo_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_70_kg) and the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/Judo_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_70_kg) in the women's 70 kg judo event.[1][2] Conway won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She competed for [Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games](/source/Scotland_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games), where she won a bronze medal at the at [women's 70 kg](/source/Judo_at_the_2014_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_70_kg) judo event. As of 2024, Conway coaches Sweden's national judo team.[3] ## Biography Conway was born in [Bristol](/source/Bristol) in 1987.[4] Conway took up judo at the age of ten in her home town of Bristol.[5] She trains at Judo Scotland's [Edinburgh](/source/Edinburgh) headquarters in [Ratho](/source/Ratho), having previously trained at Bisham Abbey.[5][6][7] She competed for Scotland in the [2014 Commonwealth Games](/source/2014_Commonwealth_Games), where she won a bronze medal in the −70 kg division.[8] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Chad's [Carine Ngarlemdana](/source/Carine_Ngarlemdana) with an [ippon](/source/Ippon) score after scoring with a wazaari.[9] She then lost to second seed [Edith Bosch](/source/Edith_Bosch), to a wazari after being penalised with a [shido](/source/Judo) for backing off.[9] In 2013, she won the Olympic Athlete of the Year from the British Olympic Association and Female Player of the Year at the British Judo Awards.[5] She was the only Scot to be part of the British team sent to the 2016 Judo World Championships.[6] Conway was selected for the 2016 European Championships.[10] She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 70 kg category, defeating Israel's [Linda Bolder](/source/Linda_Bolder) in the quarter-finals, and then defeating Austria's [Bernadette Graf](/source/Bernadette_Graf) to win the bronze medal.[4][11] In May 2019, Conway was selected to compete at the [2019 European Games](/source/2019_European_Games) in [Minsk](/source/Minsk), [Belarus](/source/Belarus).[12] In August, Conway competed at the [2019 World Judo Championships](/source/2019_World_Judo_Championships) held in Tokyo, Japan. She won her first three fight, losing to the eventual world champion Marie Eve Gahie of France, in the semi-final. She beat Austrian Michaela Polleres in the bronze medal fight, earning her first senior medal at the World Championships.[13] In February 2021 Conway announced her retirement from judo.[14] She was seven times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the [British Judo Championships](/source/British_Judo_Championships) in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[15] ## References 1. ["Sally Conway"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120728034140/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/conway-sally-1079114/). www.london2012.com. Archived from [the original](http://www.london2012.com/athlete/conway-sally-1079114/) on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. 1. ["Game on for Swedish coach Sally Conway"](https://www.judoinside.com/news/6735). *JudoInside.com*. 15 July 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240715070405/https://www.judoinside.com/news/6735) 15 July 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 15 July 2024. 1. ["Rio Olympics 2016: Briton Sally Conway wins -70kg judo bronze"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36686892). BBC Sport. 10 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016. 1. ["Glasgow 2014 – Sally Conway Profile"](http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/judo/1026916/sally_conway.html). *g2014results.thecgf.com*. Retrieved 11 July 2016. 1. Scotl, Jane Lewis BBC. ["Judo World Championships: Sally Conway eyes Rio pointers"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/judo/34045395). *BBC Sport*. Retrieved 11 July 2016. 1. ["Sally Conway"](http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/sally-conway). Teamgb.com. Retrieved 5 November 2014. 1. ["Team Scotland celebrates more judo success with gold for Sarah Clark"](http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13171797.Team_Scotland_celebrates_more_judo_success_with_gold_for_Sarah_Clark/). *Herald Scotland*. Retrieved 29 August 2016. 1. ["London 2012 Olympics: Winston Gordon and Sally Conway's hopes of ending British judo gloom dashed"](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/judo/9443541/London-2012-Olympics-Winston-Gordon-and-Sally-Conways-hopes-of-ending-British-judo-gloom-dashed.html). Retrieved 11 July 2016. 1. ["British Judo name 13-strong team for European Champs"](https://www.teamgb.com/news/british-judo-name-13-strong-team-for-european-champs). Retrieved 11 July 2016. 1. [Live Olympics 2016 day five, live: Sally Conway storms to three emphatic victories by ippon at the judo and into the final four](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/10/olympics-2016-day-five-team-gb-go-for-rowing-gold/), *The Daily Telegraph*, 10 August 2016 1. ["Team GB squad announcement for the European Games"](https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-squad-announcement-for-the-european-games). *[Team GB](/source/Team_GB)*. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. 1. ["World Championships Senior 2019 / IJF.org"](https://www.ijf.org/competition/1751/results) 1. ["Shock retirement of Olympic top judoka Sally Conway"](https://www.judoinside.com/news/4329/Shock_retirement_of_Olympic_top_judoka_Sally_Conway) 1. ["British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present"](https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/my-judo/competition-organisation/results/). *British Judo*. Retrieved 21 August 2022. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Sally Conway](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Conway) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Conway?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.