Sally Conway

{{Infobox judoka

| name = Sally Conway

| image =

| nationality = British

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|2|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bristol, England

| height = 1.70 m

| country = Great Britain

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}70 kg

| rank =

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| dan = 5

| club =

| coaching = Sweden national judo team{{cite news |title=Game on for Swedish coach Sally Conway |url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/6735 |access-date=15 July 2024 |work=JudoInside.com |date=15 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715070405/https://www.judoinside.com/news/6735 |archive-date=15 July 2024}}

| olympics_rank = 3

| olympics_year = 2016

| olympics_weight = Women's 70 kg

| worlds_rank = 3

| worlds_year = 2019

| worlds_weight = Women's 70 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 2

| regionals_year = 2018

| regionals_weight = Women's 70 kg

| nationals =

| commonwealth_rank = 3

| commonwealth_year = 2014

| commonwealth_weight = Women's 70 kg

| show-medals =

| medaltemplates =

{{Medal|Country| {{GBR2}} }}

{{Medal|B| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Baku | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 Paris | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2014 Baku | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Baku | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2016 Paris | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2013 Samsun | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2015 Jeju | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2018 The Hague | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2020 Tel Aviv | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2014 Düsseldorf | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2014 Samsun | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2015 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Cancún | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Jeju | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Samsun | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Antalya | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Budapest | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2007 Salzburg | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2006 Santo Domingo | {{nbnd}}78 kg }}

{{Medal|Country| {{SCO}} }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Glasgow | {{nbnd}}70 kg }}

| updated = 21 May 2023

}}

Sally Conway (born 1 February 1987) is a Scottish retired judoka who competed for Team GB in the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 70 kg judo event.{{cite web|title=Sally Conway |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/conway-sally-1079114/ |publisher=www.london2012.com |access-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728034140/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/conway-sally-1079114/ |archive-date=28 July 2012 }}{{cite Sports-Reference}} Conway won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. She competed for Scotland at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal at the at women's 70 kg judo event. As of 2024, Conway coaches Sweden's national judo team.

Biography

Conway was born in Bristol in 1987.{{Cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36686892| title = Rio Olympics 2016: Briton Sally Conway wins -70kg judo bronze | date = 10 August 2016 | accessdate = 10 August 2016 | publisher = BBC Sport}}

Conway took up judo at the age of ten in her home town of Bristol.{{Cite web|url=http://g2014results.thecgf.com/athlete/judo/1026916/sally_conway.html|title=Glasgow 2014 – Sally Conway Profile|website=g2014results.thecgf.com|access-date=11 July 2016}} She trains at Judo Scotland's Edinburgh headquarters in Ratho, having previously trained at Bisham Abbey.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/judo/34045395|title=Judo World Championships: Sally Conway eyes Rio pointers|last=Scotl|first=Jane Lewis BBC|work=BBC Sport|access-date=11 July 2016}}{{cite web |title=Sally Conway |url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/sally-conway |accessdate=5 November 2014 |publisher=Teamgb.com}}

She competed for Scotland in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, where she won a bronze medal in the −70 kg division.{{cite news |url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/13171797.Team_Scotland_celebrates_more_judo_success_with_gold_for_Sarah_Clark/ |title=Team Scotland celebrates more judo success with gold for Sarah Clark |work=Herald Scotland|accessdate=29 August 2016}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Chad's Carine Ngarlemdana with an ippon score after scoring with a wazaari.{{Cite web|url=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|title=London 2012 Olympics: Winston Gordon and Sally Conway's hopes of ending British judo gloom dashed|access-date=11 July 2016}} She then lost to second seed Edith Bosch, to a wazari after being penalised with a shido for backing off.

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. She was the only Scot to be part of the British team sent to the 2016 Judo World Championships. Conway was selected for the 2016 European Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/british-judo-name-13-strong-team-for-european-champs|title=British Judo name 13-strong team for European Champs|access-date=11 July 2016}}

She competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 70 kg category, defeating Israel's Linda Bolder in the quarter-finals, and then defeating Austria's Bernadette Graf to win the bronze medal.[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics/2016/08/10/olympics-2016-day-five-team-gb-go-for-rowing-gold/ Live Olympics 2016 day five, live: Sally Conway storms to three emphatic victories by ippon at the judo and into the final four], The Daily Telegraph, 10 August 2016

In May 2019, Conway was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.{{cite web |title=Team GB squad announcement for the European Games |url=https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-squad-announcement-for-the-european-games |website=Team GB |accessdate=29 May 2019 |date=21 May 2019}}

In August, Conway competed at the 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.{{cite web| url = https://www.ijf.org/competition/1751/results| title = World Championships Senior 2019 / IJF.org}}

In February 2021 Conway announced her retirement from judo.{{Cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/news/4329/Shock_retirement_of_Olympic_top_judoka_Sally_Conway|title = Shock retirement of Olympic top judoka Sally Conway}} She was seven times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2004, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.{{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}}