Amy Cotton

Amy Cotton
Personal information
Born22 January 1980 (1980-01-22) (age 44)
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Weight class–78 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR16 (2004)
World Champ.7th (2005, 2009)
Pan American Champ. (2000, 2005)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo –78 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2000 Orlando –78 kg
Gold medal – first place 2005 Caguas (PUR) –78 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Buenos Aires –78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Salvador –78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Montreal Open
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Buenos Aires –78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Montreal –78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 San José –78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2012 Moscow –78 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Tokyo –78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF131
JudoInside.com788
Updated on 27 November 2022

Amy Cotton (born 22 January 1980) is a judoka from Canada, who won the bronze medal in the women's half heavyweight division (-78 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She represented Canada at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.[1]

Cotton was diagnosed with juvenile arthritis at the age of fourteen and was told that if she continued, she would most likely have serious health complications by the age of 21. Cotton continued to train and is a two time Olympian. She now lives in Saskatchewan.

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Amy Cotton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.


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