British Judo has named its team for the 2009 European Championships taking place in Tibilisi, Georgia, from the 24th -26th April 2009. The team consists of 5 players from the Edinburgh Judo Club.
Edinburgh Club player Sarah Clark is the only European gold medallist featured but will compete at -57kg, a category lighter than -63kg, in which she held the 2006 title. The Beijing Olympian, who only recently moved to the -57kg category, got the nod after winning bronze at the Prague World Cup and gold at the Belgium Open.
The only other former European medallist is 2007 bronze medallist Euan Burton, The 2009 European Senior Championships marks the completion of the first part of the foundation stage in the preparation for London 2012 Games. The 18 month period started with the British trials at the beginning of November 2008, and has been a phase of planning for the structure for British Judo’s Elite Performance Programme.
Euan and Sarah will be joined in the team by 3 more Edinburgh Judo Club players
Sally Conway -70kg
Sarah Adlington +78kg
James Millar -60kg
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