| Stephanie Inglis | |
| Nationality: | Scottish |
| Birth Date: | 3 November 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Inverness, Scotland |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Sport: | Judo |
| Event: | Women's 57 kg |
| Updated: | 7 September 2014 |
Stephanie Inglis (born 3 November 1988) is a Scottish judoka. She competed for Scotland in the women's 57 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.[1] She suffered a head injury in May 2016 and was unable to return to competitive sport.
In 2016, Inglis was on a sabbatical teaching English as a second language in Ha Long, Vietnam. On 10 May 2016, whilst riding as a pillion passenger on a motorbike taxi, Inglis's skirt got caught in the wheel, pulling her off the motorcycle. She was put into a medically-induced coma and treated in an intensive care unit in a hospital in Hanoi.[2] Her sister Stacey later told the BBC News Victoria Derbyshire programme that Inglis was in a coma and "in a very critical state."[3]
The family were told that Inglis did not have the correct travel insurance to cover the cost of her medical treatment in Vietnam. As a result, an online fundraising page was created on the GoFundMe fundraising website to help pay for her treatment.[4]
Having resultantly been moved to a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on 6 June 2016, Inglis awakened three weeks after being placed in a medically induced coma, after opening her left eye and grabbing her father's hand in response for the first time since waking up.[5]
On 13 June 2016, Inglis arrived home in Scotland having been flown via air ambulance to continue her recovery.[6] She was able to speak within a few days[7] and to give an interview some weeks later.[8]
She initially had hopes of returning to judo.[9] In July 2017 she conceded that as a consequence of her head injury she would not return to competition.[10]