Tom Reed has won bronze at the European under 23 Championships, which took place in Moscow from the 25th-26th November.

The 20-year-old who trains at the University of Bath beat Eldin Lukac of Bosnia & Herzegovina, Milos Koman of Slovakia and Damien Halidi of Switzerland in the early rounds, before losing to Dirk Van Tichelt of Belgium in the semi-final. In the bronze medal fight he defeated Pavel Ntanko of Greece by ippon.

Faith Pitman finished 5th in the –57kg weight category, as did Sarah Adlington in the +78kg weight category.  Adlington missed out on bronze after the match went to a hand tie. While the referee gave the match the Brit the two corner judges gave it to Poland’s Marzena Makula.

Sophie Johnstone and Gemma Gibbons finished in 7 th place in the –52kg weight category and the –78kg weight categories respectively.  Adam Bick also finished 7th in the -81kg weight category.

Commenting on his medal win Tom said “I’m really happy. This is my best medals so far and my first European medal,” he said.

“I’ve never had a major international medal since I was a cadet. I’m notorious for coming fifth, but the difference between coming fifth and getting a bronze is amazing”, he added

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