Nicola Fairbrother
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| Birth name | Nicola Kim Fairbrother | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 May 1970 Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nicola Kim Fairbrother (born 14 May 1970) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom. She competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, when she won the silver medal in the women's lightweight division (– 56 kg). In the final she was defeated by Spain's Miriam Blasco, who later she married. Nicola won the World Title in Hamilton, Canada in 1993 and three European titles (1992, 1993 and 1995). In 1994 she was awarded the MBE for services to judo by HRM The Queen. She currently holds the 7th Dan.
Nicola has authored a number of children's judo books and from 2001 to 2018 she was the editor of the Koka Kids Judo magazine.
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- Nicola Fairbrother at JudoInside.com
- Nicola Fairbrother at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Nicola Fairbrother at Olympics.com
- Nicola Fairbrother at Olympedia
- Nicola Fairbrother personal blog on Spanish foods
- Koka Kids Judo Magazine website
- British Olympic Committee
World Judo Championships — Women's Lightweight | |
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1980–97: −56 kg • 1999–present: –57 kg | |
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List of World Judo Championships medalists in Women's Lightweight |
European Judo Championships — Women's Lightweight | |
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1974–97: –56 kg • 1998–present: –57 kg | |
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- English female judoka
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- 1970 births
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- People from Henley-on-Thames
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