Karen Briggs (judoka)

Karen Inman
7th Dan, MBE

Personal information
Birth name	Karen Briggs
Nationality	England
Born	(1963-04-11) 11 April 1963 England
Residence	Hull
Weight	48 kg (106 lb; 7.6 st)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Judo
Medal record Competitor for  Great Britain Women's Judo World Championships Gold 1982 Paris -48 kg Gold 1984 Vienna -48 kg Gold 1986 Maastricht -48 kg Gold 1989 Belgrade -48 kg Silver 1991 Barcelona -48 kg European Championships Bronze 1981 Madrid -48 kg Gold 1982 Oslo -48 kg Gold 1983 Genoa -48 kg Gold 1984 Primasens -48 kg Bronze 1985 Landskrona -52 kg Gold 1986 London -48 kg Gold 1987 Paris -48 kg Silver 1989 Helsinki -48 kg Silver 1990 Frankfurt -48 kg Silver 1991 Prague -48 kg

Karen Inman (née Briggs) MBE (born 11 April 1963) is a British judoka who won numerous World and European Championship medals in judo. She is considered one of the UK's most successful competitive judoka. She represented Great Britain in the 1992 Summer Olympics, the first year Women's Judo was included as an Olympic sport (first as a demonstration event in 1988) and placed fifth after suffering a dislocated shoulder.^[1] She is married to Peter Inman, son of Olympic judo coach Roy Inman, and now teaches judo at schools in East Yorkshire.

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