Kate Howey

Career

She was also selected to carry the British flag at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Olympics in Athens. Howey was born in Andover, Hampshire, and took up judo at the age of seven. She announced her retirement from competition on 27 October 2004, having competed in the women"s under 70 kg weight category for 16 years.

She was awarded the Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to judo in 1997.

From 1999, she trained at the University of Bath and, following her retirement from competition, she continued as a regional co-ordinator for the British Judo Association. World Championship

gold 1997.

Silver 1993, 2001. Bronze 1991, 1999

European Championship

silver 1990, 1993, 2000.

Bronze 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2000.

Achievements

• Howey is the only British woman to have won two Olympic judo medals (silver at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and bronze at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona). She coached Gemma Gibbons, who at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games, became the next United Kingdom woman to win an Olympic medal in judo.