Sarah Clark

Sarah Clark (born 3 January 1978) is a British judoka, who has competed at three Olympic Games. Judo career Clark came to prominence when winning the Scottish Championships in 1997. In 2000 and 2001 she won back to back half-middleweight British titles at the British Judo Championships. In 2004, she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Greece, she competed in the half-middleweight (-63 kg) category and reached the last 16, where she was beaten by the eventual silver medalist, Claudia Heill. She then lost to Ronda Rousey in the first round of the repechage. Also during 2004 she won a bronze medal at the 2004 European Judo Championships, in Bucharest. Two more British titles were secured in 2005 and 2006 and she achieved her best result to date, which was a European gold medal at the 2006 European Judo Championships, in Tampere.