Niki Jenkins (born July 27, 1973 in

Selkirk, Manitoba Selkirk is a city in the western Canadian province of Manitoba, located on the Red River about northeast of the provincial capital Winnipeg. It has a population of 10,504 as of the 2021 census. The mainstays of the local economy are tourism, ...

) is a female

judo is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo") ...

ka from

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tota ...

. She competed for

at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal in the Women's Half-Heavyweight (under 78 kg) division at the

1999 Pan American Games The 1999 Pan American Games, officially the XIII Pan American Games or the 13th Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event that was held from July 23 to August 8, 1999, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and surrounding towns an ...

. She trained with the Shidokan Judo Club in

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. She is married to Neil Adams and has two daughters, Brooke and Taylor, and lives in Rugby.

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1973 births Canadian female judoka Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Living people Olympic judoka for Canada Sportspeople from Selkirk, Manitoba Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-judo-bio-stub

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