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Hailing from Ealing Judo Club, West London, Nekoda Smythe-Davis has embarked on a celebrated career as a 4th Dan Judoka and triumphantly smashed podium positions in the continental cup, the IJF World Tour as well as Bronze, Silvers and Golds at various global championships. In 2016 she made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016.
Crowned Commonwealth and British champion in 2014, a flurry of medals followed, including silver at the 2016 Baku Grand Slam and gold at the Dusseldorf event two years later. As a junior, she won four European cup and five national championship gold medals, while in 2017 she became the first Brit for seven years to win a World Championship medal – taking Bronze in Budapest. A year later, she won silver at the Baku World Championships.
Highly experienced with notable success, Smythe-Davis is one of 15 British Judoka in the sport’s history to hold two world championship medals and has become a role model for younger athletes. Yet in a sport where combat is everything, injuries run high. As a result, since the build up to Rio 2016, she suffered an ankle injury and in 2019 Nekoda sustained ongoing concussion mainly affecting her vestibular system. With sights on more podiums, in 2019, Smythe-Davis was enrolled on the World Class Performance Program, with a target to exceed if selected for Tokyo 2020.
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Hailing from Ealing Judo Club, West London, Nekoda Smythe-Davis has embarked on a celebrated career as a 4th Dan Judoka and triumphantly smashed podium positions in the continental cup, the IJF World Tour as well as Bronze, Silvers and Golds at various global championships. In 2016 she made her Olympic debut at Rio 2016.<br /> Crowned Commonwealth and British champion in 2014, a flurry of medals followed, including silver at the 2016 Baku Grand Slam and gold at the Dusseldorf event two years later. As a junior, she won four European cup and five national championship gold medals, while in 2017 she became the first Brit for seven years to win a World Championship medal – taking Bronze in Budapest. A year later, she won silver at the Baku World Championships.<br /> Highly experienced with notable success, Smythe-Davis is one of 15 British Judoka in the sport’s history to hold two world championship medals and has become a role model for younger athletes. Yet in a sport where combat is everything, injuries run high. As a result, since the build up to Rio 2016, she suffered an ankle injury and in 2019 Nekoda sustained ongoing concussion mainly affecting her vestibular system. With sights on more podiums, in 2019, Smythe-Davis was enrolled on the World Class Performance Program, with a target to exceed if selected for Tokyo 2020.