Karen Briggs (judoka)

Karen Inman
7th Dan, MBE

Personal information
Birth name	Karen Briggs
Nationality	England
Born	11 April 1963 England
Residence	Hull
Weight	48 kg (106 lb; 7.6 st)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Judo
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Great Britain World Championships 1982 Paris -48 kg 1984 Vienna -48 kg 1986 Maastricht -48 kg 1989 Belgrade -48 kg 1991 Barcelona -48 kg European Championships 1982 Oslo -48 kg 1983 Genoa -48 kg 1984 Primasens -48 kg 1986 London -48 kg 1987 Paris -48 kg 1989 Helsinki -48 kg 1990 Frankfurt -48 kg 1991 Prague -48 kg 1981 Madrid -48 kg 1985 Landskrona -52 kg

Karen Inman (née Briggs) MBE (born 11 April 1963) is a British judoka who won numerous World and European Championship medals in judo. She is considered one of the UK's most successful competitive judoka. She represented Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics, the first year Women's Judo was included as an Olympic sport (first as a demonstration event in 1988) and placed fifth after suffering a dislocated shoulder.^[1] She is married to Peter Inman, son of Olympic judo coach Roy Inman, and now teaches judo at schools in East Yorkshire.

In August 2015 Dr Karen Briggs was inducted into the IJF hall of fame ^[2]

References

1. "Briggs cheers on judo's return". BBC Sport. 22 June 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
2. http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/news/karen-briggs-inducted-in-to-ijf-hall-of-fame

• Karen Briggs at JudoInside.com