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Full name | Daniel Powell | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Walsall, England | September 22, 1997||||||||||||||||||||
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Daniel Powell (born 22 September 1997) [1] [2] is a British judoka. He won the gold medal in the Men's 73 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is currently ranked number 2 in the -73 kg category in the UK by the British Judo Association.
Born in Walsall, Powell is from Sutton Coldfield. [3]
At the junior level between 2015 and 2017, Powell won four bronze and two silver medals in European Cup competitions and a bronze medal at the 2017 U23 Championships in Podgorica. [1] [2]
In senior judo, he is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the British Judo Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021. [4]
He won a silver medal at the 2021 European Judo Open Championships in Sarajevo [1] [2] and was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he won gold in the Men's 73 kg, [1] defeating Gambian Faye Njie with an ippon in the golden score period. [5] [6]
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Full name | Daniel Powell | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Walsall, England | September 22, 1997||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Powell (born 22 September 1997) [1] [2] is a British judoka. He won the gold medal in the Men's 73 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is currently ranked number 2 in the -73 kg category in the UK by the British Judo Association.
Born in Walsall, Powell is from Sutton Coldfield. [3]
At the junior level between 2015 and 2017, Powell won four bronze and two silver medals in European Cup competitions and a bronze medal at the 2017 U23 Championships in Podgorica. [1] [2]
In senior judo, he is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the British Judo Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021. [4]
He won a silver medal at the 2021 European Judo Open Championships in Sarajevo [1] [2] and was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he won gold in the Men's 73 kg, [1] defeating Gambian Faye Njie with an ippon in the golden score period. [5] [6]