British Judo Association

Britain win 10 medals at the 2009 British Open

Britain won 10 medals at the 2009 British Open, which took place at the K2, Crawley at the weekend.

The host nation finished second in the medal table behind Spain who won 14 medals.

Britain won four gold medals, one silver and five bronze medals. France, Belgium and the Netherlands finished third, fourth and fifth in the medal table respectively.

British golds were won by Ashley McKenzie (-60kg), Winston Gordon (-90kg and pictured), Peter Lomax (-100kg) and Karina Bryant (+78kg).

Six-times World medallist Bryant and European medallist Winston Gordon, who were both making their first appearance since the Beijing Games last summer, seemed to be untroubled on their route to the gold medal spots.

Ashley McKenzie, who was the only reigning British Open Champion defending their title going into the event, looked at ease throughout the day and retains his title in the -60kg weight division.

Peter Lomax, who missed out on the medals in 2008, looked classy in the final beating Santiago Diaz Lopez of Spain.

Britain’s Becky Dunning won silver in the -52kg weight category after being unable to compete in the final due to injury.

Caroline Kinnane (+78kg), Ruslan Zaboloynij (-100kg), Zviad Tsiklauri (+100kg), Sam Dunkley (-66kg) and Iain Feenan (-73kg) won the British bronze medals.

Following the event the High Performance Directorate co-opted Adam Bick (-81kg), Bobby Rich (-90kg), Denny Roberts (-90kg), and Caroline Kinane (-78kg) to the senior British squad, whilst Ben Guest (-66kg) was co-opted on to the junior squad.

18 nations in total competed over the two days.

Full British Results

Gold Ashley McKenzie -60kg

Gold Winston Gordon -90kg

Gold Peter Lomax -100kg

Gold Karina Bryant +78kg

Silver Becky Dunning -52kg

Bronze Caroline Kinnane -78kg

Bronze Ruslan Zaboloynij -100kg

Bronze Zviad Tsiklauri +100kg

Bronze Sam Dunkley -66kg

Bronze Iain Feenan -73kg

5th Place Ben Guest -66kg

5th Place Adam Bick -81kg

5th Place Danny Williams -73kg

5th Place Bobby Rich -90kg

5th Place Charlotte Farbon -48kg

5th Place Lindsay Purves -78kg

5th Place Shelley Jackson +78kg

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