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Wolverhampton’s Gemma Howell has won
a bronze medal, in the –57kg weight category, at the 2007 Vienna
World Cup for Women at the weekend.
It is the first World Cup
medal for the 16-year-old who has made an impact at a senior level
over the last year winning gold at the 2006 Senior British Closed
Championships, and bronze at the 2007 Senior British Open Championships
in January.
In Vienna, Gemma best German
Anne Kaetzler, the experienced Valerie Gotay of the USA, and Ketleyn
Lima Quadros of Brazil in the pool, before losing to Erdenet Khishigbat
of Mongola, the eventual gold medallist, in the semi final. This
left her in the bronze medal match against junior World silver
medallist, Viola Waechter of Germany. Howell took her place on
the medal rostrum after disposing of the German with the maximum
ippon score.
Also at the weekend
Lee Shinkin (Willesden JC) placed 7th at the 2007 Budapest World
Cup for Men.
The next tournament on
the curcuit is the Hamburg Super World Cup, which will take place
next weekend (24th-25th February). Britain will have two
competitors, Tom Reed in the -73kg weight category and Tom Davies
in the -81kg weight category. 26 players will take part
in the Hamburg International Training Camp, which takes after
the tournament from the 26th February until the 1st March.
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