Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown Explained

Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown
Nickname:Mima
Nationality:British (English)
Birth Date:5 July 1995
Birth Place:Pembury, England
Country:Great Britain
Weight Class:63 kg, 70 kg, 78 kg
Olympics Rank:R16
Olympics Year:2024
Olympics Weight:Women's 70 kg
Worlds Rank:5
Worlds Year:2018
Worlds Weight:Women's 78 kg
Worlds Year2:2023
Worlds Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:R16
Regionals Year:2019
Regionals Weight:Women's 78 kg
Regionals Year2:2023
Regionals Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Commonwealth Rank:3
Commonwealth Year:2014
Commonwealth Weight:Women's 63 kg
Commonwealth Year2:2022
Commonwealth Weight2:Women's 70 kg
Updated:31 July 2024

Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown (born 5 July 1995) is a British judoka[1] who trains full-time at the British Judo Centre of Excellence in Walsall.[2]

Early life and education

Yeats-Brown is from Pembury, Kent. She graduated from the University of Wolverhampton in 2023 with a degree in Sport and Exercise Science.[3]

Judo career

Yeats-Brown competed for England in the event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a bronze medal.[4] [5]

She is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2016 and 2017 and the half-heavyweight title in 2018.[6] In 2018, she finished fifth in the 2018 World Judo Championships in Baku, when ranked world 32 on IJF ranking list. Compeign in the women's 78 kg category she lost to Guusje Steenhuis in the quarter finals.

in 2022, she went to her second Commonwealth Games, competing in the women's 70 kg category she won a bronze medal.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Judo Inside profile . 24 September 2014.
  2. News: Martin . Amy-Clare . Jemima Yeats-Brown gets late call to join England Commonwealth Games 2014 squad . Kent and Sussex Courier . UK . 24 July 2014 . 16 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150923210953/http://www.courier.co.uk/Tonbridge-judo-star-Jemima-Yeats-Brown-gets-late/story-21787309-detail/story.html . 23 September 2015 . dead .
  3. Web site: Interview: The Inspiring Journey of Katie-Jemima Yeats-Brown From Gymnastics to Paris 2024. Sports Star. Anastasia-Alexandra. Nenova. 1 July 2024. 11 August 2024.
  4. Web site: Glasgow 2014 profile . 15 September 2014.
  5. News: Hoad . Alex . Tonbridge judo star Katie Jemima Yeats-Brown claims under-63kg bronze medal at 2014 Commonwealth Games . Kent Online . UK . 25 July 2014 . 16 October 2014.
  6. Web site: British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present . British Judo . 21 August 2022.
  7. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2022: Kent's Jemima Yeats-Brown wins second bronze in judo in Birmingham as she beats Rachael Hawkes . Kent Online . 21 August 2022.