Lucy Renshall
{{Short description|British judoka (born 1995)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox judoka
| name = Lucy Renshall
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| nationality = British (English)
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = St Helens, England
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| weight =
| weight_class = {{nbnd}}63 kg
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| olympics_rank = R16
| olympics_year = 2024
| olympics_weight = Women's 63 kg
| worlds_rank = 7
| worlds_year = 2022
| worlds_weight = Women's 63 kg
| regionals_type = EU
| regionals_rank = 3
| regionals_year = 2018
| regionals_weight = Women's 63 kg
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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 2018 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}
{{Medal|G| 2021 Antalya | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2021 Baku | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2021 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2022 Antalya | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2022 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2023 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2017 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2019 Ekaterinburg | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2021 Paris | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2023 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2024 Paris | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}
{{Medal|G| 2023 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|G| 2024 Odivelas | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|S| 2016 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2017 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2018 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|B| 2019 Tashkent | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European U23 Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2016 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Juniors Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 2015 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}
{{Medal|G| 2015 Oberwart | {{nbnd}}63 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| European Cadet Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2011 Cottonera | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}
| updated = 30 July 2024
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Lucy Renshall (born 11 December 1995) is a British judoka,{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/66145/Lucy_Renshall/judo-career |title=Lucy Renshall profile |website=Judo Inside |access-date=21 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/judoka/7847 |title=IJF Profile|language=English |publisher=IJF.org|accessdate=2021-04-22}}{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/66145/Lucy_Renshall/judo-career |title=JudoInside Profile|language=English |publisher=judoinside.com|accessdate=2021-04-22}} who competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{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
Renshall is from Eccleston, St Helens. At age 8, she joined SKK Judo Club in Earlestown. She later trained at the British Judo Centre in Walsall{{Cite web|url=https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/24462948.st-helens-lucy-renshall-kitted-second-olympics/|title=St Helens' Lucy Renshall kitted out for second Olympics|journal=St Helens Star|date=19 July 2024|accessdate=11 August 2024}} and studied at the University of Wolverhampton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2022/06/30/wolverhampton-university-sports-student-ranks-world-number-one-for-judo/|title=Wolverhampton university sports student ranks world number one for judo|work=Express & Star|first=Lisa|last=O'Brien|date=30 June 2022|accessdate=11 August 2024}}
Judo career
Renshall is a four times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2021.{{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 2020, Renshall was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she competed in the women's 63 kg category.
Renshall is the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya champion in the {{nbnd}}63 kg class.{{cite web|url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2234/results?id_weight=11|title=Results 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya -63 kg|language=English |publisher=IJF.org|accessdate=2021-04-22}} She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku held in Baku, Azerbaijan.{{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}} She repeated this at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.{{Cite news|last=Houston|first=Michael|date=27 November 2021|title=Renshall wins third IJF Judo Grand Slam of the year on second day in Abu Dhabi|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116058/lucy-renshall-judo-grand-slam-abu-dhabi|access-date=27 November 2021}}
At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Renshall defeated Australian judoka Katharina Haecker via golden score in the first round but lost her next contest by the same method to Lubjana Piovesana, who until three years earlier had been her Great Britain teammate before switching to represent Austria.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/cx92z078jgqo|title=Renshall eliminated in women's Judo second round by ex-GB opponent|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=30 July 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/olympic-games/2024/07/30/lucy-renshall-exits-paris-2024-with-defeat-to-former-gb-team-mate/|title=Lucy Renshall exits Paris 2024 with defeat to former GB team-mate|publisher=Express and Star|accessdate=30 July 2024}}
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Category:Alumni of the University of Wolverhampton
Category:English female judoka
Category:Judoka at the 2019 European Games
Category:European Games competitors for Great Britain
Category:Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic judoka for Great Britain
Category:Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:People from Knowsley, Merseyside
Category:Sportspeople from St Helens, Merseyside
Category:21st-century English sportswomen
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