| Jane Bridge | |
| Nationality: | British (English) |
| Birth Date: | 4 February 1960 |
| Birth Place: | England |
| Occupation: | Judo coach |
| Country: | Great Britain |
| Weight Class: | 48 kg |
| Rank Ref: | [1] |
| Dan: | 8 |
| Worlds Rank: | 1 |
| Worlds Year: | 1980 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 1976 |
| Regionals Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
| Regionals Year2: | 1978 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Women's 48 kg |
| Regionals Year3: | 1980 |
| Regionals Weight3: | Women's 48 kg |
Jane Bridge (born 4 February 1960) is a British retired judoka and judo coach.[2] [3]
Bridge came to prominence winning the gold medal at the 1976 European Judo Championships in Vienna.[2] The following year in 1977, she became champion of Great Britain for the second time, winning the bantamweight division at the British Judo Championships. She had first won the title in 1975.[4]
In 1978, she won her second European Judo Championships gold medal, after winning the –48kg category at the women's 1978 European Championships in Cologne.[2] In 1980, she won her third Eureopean Championship gold. The same year Bridge won a gold medal at the inaugural women's 1980 World Judo Championships in New York. She defeated Anna de Novellis in the final of the –48kg category.[2] [5]
In 1982, she won a third British Championship at bantamweight.[4]
From 1993 to 1997 she coached the British women's judo team and taught Performance Judo at the University of Bath. In 2016, Bridge began working with the European Judo Union as Vice President for Eduaction.[6] In 2022, she started working for the Swedish Judo Federation as sporting director.[7] She also started coaching Tara Babulfath, who won bronze at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 48 kg weight class.[8]
After retiring from judo she lived in Paris and was once a bodyguard to Sylvester Stallone and Alain Delon.[2]