Stephanie Grant

Stephanie Grant (born 21 March 1987 in Hobart, Tasmania) is an Australian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1] She is a member of the University of Tasmania Judo Club, under her personal coach Milos Kovacik, and has twice been the Australian judo champion,.

Stephanie Grant
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born (1987-03-21) 21 March 1987
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)78 kg
ClubUniversity of Tasmania Judo Club
Coached byMilos Kovacik

Grant represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing to Marylise Levesque of Canada, who successfully scored an ippon (full point) and an osotogari (big outer reap), at one minute and ten seconds.[2][3][4]

In 2013 she placed seventh in the Grand Prix Jeju and 5th in the Panamerican Open San Salvador. In 2011 she was second in the Oceanian Championships in Tahiti and in 2010[5] she was 2nd place in the World Cup Apia.[6] [7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stephanie Grant". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. "Women's Half Heavyweight (78kg/172 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. "Stephanie Grant, Matt Cellotti out of Olympics on first judo bout". The Sun-Herald. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  4. "Canadian judokas Morgan, Levesque bounced from Games". CBC Sports. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
  5. "Tasmanian judo pair to compete in Oceania cup". The Examiner. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. "Stephanie GRANT / IJF.org". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. "Stephanie Grant, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

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