Harry Lovell-Hewitt | |
Nationality: | British (English) |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1998 |
Birth Place: | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
Country: | Great Britain |
Weight Class: | 100 kg |
Club: | Stroud Judo Club |
Worlds Rank: | R32 |
Worlds Year: | 2023 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | R32 |
Regionals Year: | 2023 |
Regionals Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
Commonwealth Rank: | 3 |
Commonwealth Year: | 2022 |
Commonwealth Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
Updated: | 11 February 2023 |
Harry Lovell-Hewitt (born 25 January 1998 in Gloucester) is an English international judoka. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games and won a bronze medal and is a three time British champion.[1] [2]
Raised in Stroud, Lovell-Hewitt attended Rodborough primary school and then later Archway secondary school, splitting his free time between training for judo and rugby. He was taught judo at a young age by his coach Richard Neale. He is the great-grandson of William Lovell-Hewitt, a former international cricket player. Harry also represented Team GB at the youth Olympic festival in Tbilisi in 2015 where he placed 7th. Following on from that in his U21 age category he managed to secure four junior medals, including Gold at the Danish Open, silver in both Portugal and Lithuania. He won Gold at the 2018 Italian European Cup. Lovell-Hewitt won silver and bronze medals at the European Open in 2019 and 2021.[3] In 2023, he won 2 silver European open medals in Rome and Sofia and then went on to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Judo Championships in Qatar.
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's 100 kg, winning the bronze medal after defeating Australian representative in the -100 kg.[1] [4] He won the 2023 -100kg title at the British Judo Championships.[5]