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Chelsie Giles (born 25 January 1997) is a British judoka. She won the gold medal in the women's 52 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.




Early life and education


Giles is from Coventry. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton with a degree in business management.




Career


Giles won the half-lightweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2014, 2015 and 2017. In 2017, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2017 European Judo Championships held in Warsaw, Poland. A year later, Giles competed in the women's 52 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. She also won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event at the 2018 Judo Grand Prix Budapest held in Budapest, Hungary. 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.
In 2019, Giles competed in the women's 52 kg event at the World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan. In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. A month later, she won the gold medal in her event at the Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel. 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 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 kg event. A few months later, she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku held in Baku, Azerbaijan. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the silver medal in her event.
Giles won the gold medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2022 European Judo Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria. In the final, she defeated Amandine Buchard of France.
Selected for 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, Giles had a bye into the second round where she lost on golden score to Larissa Pimenta from Brazil.




Major results


2019
European Games, 52 kg, Minsk, Belarus
2021
Summer Olympics, 52 kg, Tokyo, Japan
2022
European Championships, 52 kg, Sofia, Bulgaria
World Championships, 52 kg, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
2023
European Championships, 52 kg, Montpellier, France




References






External links


Chelsie Giles at the European Judo Union
Chelsie Giles at the International Judo Federation
Chelsie Giles at JudoInside.com
Chelsie Giles at Olympics.com
Chelsie Giles at Olympedia
Chelsie Giles at Team GB
Chelsie Giles at The-Sports.org
Chelsie Giles on Instagram

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• Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's 52 kg
• Chelsea (name)
• Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics
• List of Olympic medalists in judo
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• List of World Judo Championships medalists
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• List of people from Coventry