Janelle Shepherd (born 3 May 1985 in

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) is an Australian

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, who played for the women's heavyweight category. She is a five-time Australian judo champion for her respective division (2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010), and a member of the University of New South Wales Judo Club under her personal coach John Buckley. Shepherd represented

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at the

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, where she competed for the women's +78 kg class. She defeated Italy's Michela Torrenti, and Germany's

Sandra Köppen Sandra Köppen-Zuckschwerdt (born 15 May 1975 in Potsdam) is a German judoka. She also won a gold medal in sumo wrestling at the 2005 World Games The 2005 World Games (), the seventh World Games, were an international multi-sport event held ...

in the preliminary rounds, before losing the quarterfinal match to Cuba's

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, by an

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(full point) and an

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(sliding lapel strangle). Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Shepherd offered another for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. She finished in ninth place, after losing out the second repechage bout to Egypt's Samah Ramadan, who scored an ippon and a

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, at one minute and thirty-six seconds.

References

External links

Profile – Australian Olympic Team
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Australian female judoka Living people Olympic judoka for Australia Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics 1985 births Judoka from Sydney 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian sportswomen Sportswomen from New South Wales {{Australia-judo-bio-stub