Five golds were won by Brits at the 2007 British Open, which took place on the 27 th & 28 th January – Sally Conway (-70kg), Sian Wilson (-78kg), Simone Callender (+78kg), Matthew Purssey (-73kg) and Peter Cousins (-90kg).

Four of the five golds were won in all British finals. Sally Conway faced Samantha Lowe on day one. The Junior World silver medallist managed to take the win after putting a wazari score on the board in the last 40 seconds. Also, on day one Sian Wilson beat Michelle Rogers in the final to take gold in the –78kg, and Sarah Adlington had to settle for silver in the +78kg loosing to Simone Callender.

The final match of the weekend saw Peter Cousins beat Winston Gordon in the final of the –90kg weight category with a yuko score.

15 countries took part at the event, which took place at K2 in Crawley. Britain won 32 medals.

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