Chelsie Giles

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| caption = Giles in 2021 after the 2020 Summer Olympics

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| birth_place = Coventry, England

| country = United Kingdom

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}52 kg

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| worlds_rank = 2

| worlds_year = 2022

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{{Medal|B| 2020 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Minsk | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2022 Sofia | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Montpellier | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Jerusalem | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Baku | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Antalya | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

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{{Medal|B| 2018 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2023 Almada | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Antalya | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Budapest | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

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Chelsie Giles (born 25 January 1997){{Cite web|title=Chelsie Giles|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/81821/Chelsie_Giles/judo-results|url-status=live|access-date=19 November 2020|website=JudoInside.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805225034/https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/81821/Chelsie_Giles/judo-results |archive-date=5 August 2020 }} is a British judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. Giles' medal was the first awarded to Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.{{Cite news|last=Berkeley|first=Geoff|date=25 July 2021|title=Japanese siblings enjoy magical night with two judo golds at Tokyo 2020|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1110749/hifumi-uta-abe-win-judo-gold-tokyo-2020|access-date=25 July 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Judo Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=1 August 2021|access-date=1 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games}}

Early life and education

Giles is from Coventry. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a degree in business management.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wlv.ac.uk/news-and-events/latest-news/2021/july-2021/university-student-bags-bronze-medal-at-tokyo-olympics.php|title=University student bags bronze medal at Tokyo Olympics|website=University of Wolverhampton|date=July 2021|accessdate=11 August 2024}}

Career

Giles won the half-lightweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/my-judo/competition-organisation/results/|title=British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present |website=British Judo |access-date=21 August 2022}} In 2017, she competed in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. A year later, Giles competed in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 World Judo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She was eliminated in her second match by Charline Van Snick of Belgium.

At the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey, Giles won the silver medal in her event.{{Cite news|last=Palmer|first=Dan|date=6 April 2018|title=Kosovo win two golds as IJF Antalya Grand Prix begins|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063599/kosovo-win-two-golds-as-ijf-antalya-grand-prix-begins|url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205134106/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1063599/kosovo-win-two-golds-as-ijf-antalya-grand-prix-begins|archive-date=5 December 2020}} She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Budapest held in Budapest, Hungary.{{Cite news|last=Morgan|first=Liam|date=10 August 2018|title=Silva claims first major victory since Rio 2016 as Japan secure four golds at IJF Budapest Grand Prix|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068649/silva-claims-first-major-victory-since-rio-2016-as-japan-secure-four-golds-at-ijf-budapest-grand-prix|url-status=live|access-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205125453/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1068649/silva-claims-first-major-victory-since-rio-2016-as-japan-secure-four-golds-at-ijf-budapest-grand-prix|archive-date=5 December 2020}} Giles also won her first Grand Slam medal: one of the bronze medals at the 2018 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite news|date=27 October 2018|title=Giles dreaming of Tokyo after first Grand Slam medal|work=Team GB|url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/giles-dreaming-of-tokyo-after-first-grand-slam-medal/1pNAYU4lFRJtoDzNYSqyR5|access-date=13 November 2021}}

In 2019, Giles competed in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Women's 52 kg|url=http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_sen2019/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=-52|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205134420/http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_sen2019/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=-52|archive-date=5 December 2020|access-date=5 December 2020|website=2019 World Judo Championships}} In 2021, she competed in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.{{Cite web|title=2021 Judo World Masters|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/draw|url-status=live|access-date=12 January 2021|website=International Judo Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112080811/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2180/draw |archive-date=12 January 2021 }} A month later, she won the gold medal in her event at the Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.{{Cite news|last=Rowbottom|first=Mike|date=18 February 2021|title=Shock defeats for Kelmendi and Bilodid at Tel Aviv Grand Slam|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1104453/ijf-tel-aviv-giles-kelmendi-bilodid-iran|access-date=22 February 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Binner|first=Andrew|date=18 February 2021|title=Shirine Boukli too good for Daria Bilodid on day of shocks at Tel Aviv Grand Slam|work=Olympic Channel|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/chelsie-giles-majlinda-kelmendi-daria-belodid-tel-aviv-grand-slam-judo/|access-date=22 February 2021}}{{Cite web|title=2021 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2227/results|url-status=live|access-date=22 February 2021|website=International Judo Federation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223155246/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2227/results |archive-date=23 February 2021 }} At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi held in Tbilisi, Georgia, she won the silver medal in her event. In June 2021, Giles competed in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary where she was eliminated in her second match by eventual bronze medallist Fabienne Kocher of Switzerland.

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Giles won the first medal of the competition for Team GB, winning one of the bronze medals in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event.{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympics: Chelsie Giles wins Team GB's first medal with judo bronze |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57960295 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=29 July 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Belam|first=Martin|date=25 July 2021|title=Chelsie Giles wins Britain's first medal of Tokyo Olympics with bronze in judo|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jul/25/chelsie-giles-wins-britains-first-medal-of-tokyo-olympics-with-bronze-in-judo|access-date=25 January 2022}} A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{Cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Owen|date=5 November 2021|title=Japan end first day of Baku Grand Slam on top|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115063/baku-grand-slam-judo-day-1|access-date=12 November 2021}}{{Cite news|date=7 November 2021|title=Tokyo star Chelsie Giles returns with Grand Slam silver|work=Team GB|url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/tokyo-star-chelsie-giles-returns-with-grand-slam-silver/7vRJHwcYtO8jwTPV9iax8C|access-date=13 November 2021}} At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the silver medal in her event.{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|date=26 November 2021|title=Olympic medallist Monteiro among winners on day one of IJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116009/ijf-abu-dhabi-grand-slam|access-date=27 November 2021}}

Giles won the gold medal in the women's 52{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.{{Cite news |last=Brennan |first=Eliott |date=29 April 2022 |title=Ukraine's Iadov among winners at European Judo Championships where Giles shocks Buchard |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122539/iadov-opening-day-european-judo-title |access-date=1 May 2022}} In the final, she defeated Amandine Buchard of France.

Selected for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France,{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/judo/articles/ckdgwq98j0ro|title=Giles in five-strong GB judo team for Olympics|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=28 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/team-gb-tokyo-paris-commonwealth-british-b2571326.html|title=Chelsie Giles among five-strong Team GB judo squad for Paris 2024|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=28 July 2024}} Giles had a bye into the second round where she lost on golden score to Larissa Pimenta from Brazil.{{cite web|url=https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/giles-bows-out-in-second-round-in-paris/|title=GILES BOWS OUT IN SECOND ROUND IN PARIS|publisher=British Judo|accessdate=28 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/judo/olympic-games-paris-2024/2024/chelsie-giles-judo-great-britain-beaten-abe-uta-tears-lose_sto20022034/story.shtml|title=PARIS 2024 OLYMPIC GAMES: TEAM GB'S CHELSIE GILES SUFFERS SHOCK LOSS IN OPENING JUDO CONTEST - 'TOUGH RESULT TO TAKE'|publisher=Eurosport|accessdate=28 July 2024}}