Karen Valerie Briggs (married name Karen Inman) MBE (born 11 April 1963) is a retired British judoka. Internationally active throughout the 1980's and 1990's, Briggs was a multiple World (four-time) and European (five-time) champion, representing Great Britain in the first Olympic Games to include women's judo, and winning gold for England at the Commonwealth Games. She is a member of the IJF Hall of Fame, and recognised as one of the most successful British and female judoka of all time.

Contents

• 1 Judo career
• 2 Personal life
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Judo career

Briggs won numerous World and European Championship medals in judo. She is considered one of the UK's most successful compe*ive 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.

She represented England and won a gold medal in the 48:kg extra-lightweight, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. In August 2015 Briggs was inducted into the IJF hall of fame

Personal life

She is married to Peter Inman, son of Olympic judo coach Roy Inman, and now teaches judo at schools in East Yorkshire. On 9 July 2013 the University of Hull granted to Karen the award of Doctor of the University, honoris causa.

References

External links

• Karen Briggs at the International Judo Federation
• Karen Briggs at JudoInside.com
• Karen Briggs at Olympedia