Natalie Powell | |
Full Name: | Natalie Anne Powell |
Nationality: | British (Welsh) |
Birth Date: | 16 October 1990 |
Birth Place: | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales |
Weight Class: | –78 kg |
Worlds Rank: | 3 |
Worlds Year: | 2017 |
Worlds Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 3 |
Regionals Year: | 2016 |
Regionals Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
Regionals Year2: | 2017 |
Regionals Weight2: | Women's 78 kg |
Regionals Year3: | 2018 |
Regionals Weight3: | Women's 78 kg |
Olympics Rank: | 7 |
Olympics Year: | 2016 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
Commonwealth Rank: | 1 |
Commonwealth Year: | 2014 |
Commonwealth Weight: | Women's 78 kg |
Updated: | 21 May 2023 |
Natalie Anne Powell (born 16 October 1990) is a Welsh judoka. She competed for Wales in the event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.[1] [2]
Powell is a four times champion of Great Britain, winning the half-heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016.[3]
In 2017, she became the first female British judoka to be ranked number one in the world, which she accomplished by winning a gold medal at the Abu Dhabi judo Grand Slam 2017.[4] [5] Earlier that year she won a bronze medal at the European Championships.[4] In May 2019, Powell was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[6]
In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[7]
Natalie is openly lesbian.[8]