Kody Andrews (born 12 June 2000) is a New Zealand judoka, who won the silver medal in the over-100 kg category representing his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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| Born | 12 June 2000 Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +100 kg | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Premiere Equipe Judo Club | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R32 (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| OJU Champ. | 7th (2022) | ||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games |  (2022) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||
| IJF | 56931 | ||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 129136 | ||||||||||||||
| Updated on 14 May 2023. | |||||||||||||||
Biography edit
Andrews was born on 12 June 2000 in Christchurch, where he is a member of the Premiere Equipe Judo Club.[1][2] He was runner-up in the under-90 kg class at the 2018 New Zealand national judo championships. The following year, he moved up to the under-100 kg category, and again finished in second place. He first competed overseas at the 2019 Oceania Open under-21 tournament in Perth, Australia, where he won the under-100 kg event.[3]
In 2022, in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games, Andrews trained and competed overseas.[1] He placed seventh in the over-100 kg class in World Cup events at both the Tunis Open and Algiers Open in March, and was also seventh in the same class at the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships in Lima the following month.[3] He then finished in second place in the over-100 kg class at the European Cup event at Winterthur in July,[3] before winning the silver medal in the same division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Kody Andrews at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Kody Andrews". Birmingham2022.com. Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Limited. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ a b c "Kody Andrews judoka". JudoInside. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
External links edit
- Kody Andrews at the International Judo Federation
- Kody Andrews at JudoInside.com
- Kody Andrews at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Kody Andrews at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Kody Andrews at The-Sports.org
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