Kristie-Anne Ryder (born 9 March 1990 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian

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, who played for the half-lightweight category. She is a multiple-time Australian junior champion, and a member of the judo team for Zillmere

Police Citizens Youth Club Police & Community Youth Clubs (PCYC) or Police and Community Youth Clubs is a network of Australian non-profit, community organisations, founded in New South Wales. In some states such as NSW, they are constituted as an Incorporated Association. ...

(PCYC), under her personal coach Patrick Mahon. Ryder represented Australia at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...

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, where she competed for the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out to Belgian judoka and Olympic bronze medalist

Ilse Heylen Ilse Heylen (born 21 March 1977, Edegem) is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Heylen competed in the Half-lightweight (52 kg). She won her first tw ...

, by an

ippon is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu. In judo In judo, an ''ippon'' may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock. For throws, the ...

(full point), and a

deashi harai The or deashibarai is one of the original 40 throws of Judo as developed by Jigoro Kano. It belongs to the first group, Dai-Ikkyo, of the traditional throwing list, Gokyo-no-Nagewaza, of Kodokan Judo. It is also part of the current 67 Throws of ...

(advanced foot sweep), at one minute and thirteen seconds.

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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 Sportswomen from Queensland 1990 births Martial artists from Brisbane 21st-century Australian sportswomen {{Australia-judo-bio-stub