Nationality: | British (English) |
Country: | Great Britain |
Weight Class: | 56 kg, 61 kg |
Olympics Rank: | 5 |
Olympics Year: | 1988 |
Olympics Weight: | Women's |
Worlds Rank: | 1 |
Worlds Year: | 1986 |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 1 |
Regionals Year: | 1981 |
Regionals Weight: | Women's 61 kg |
Regionals Year2: | 1983 |
Regionals Weight2: | Women's 61 kg |
Commonwealth Rank: | 1 |
Commonwealth Year: | 1986 |
Updated: | 9 July 2024 |
Ann Hughes (born 1960), is a female former judoka who competed for Great Britain and England.[1]
Hughes won a gold medal at the 1986 World Championships, a bronze in 1987 and a silver in 1989.[1] She represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand and won a bronze medal in the lightweight (56 kg) category of the judo competition.[2] [3] In 1986, she also won the gold medal in the 56 kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[4]
She is also a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the light-middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1982 and 1982 and the open class in 1984.[5]