| Honorific suffix | MBE |
|---|---|
| Full name | Sharon Susan Rendle |
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Birth date | 18 June 1966 (age 60) |
| Birth place | Kingston upon Hull, England |
| Country | Great Britain |
| Weight class | –52 kg |
| Worlds rank | 1 |
| Worlds year | 1987 |
| Worlds year 2 | 1989 |
| Regionals rank | 1 |
| Regionals year | 1990 |
| Regionals weight | Women's 52 kg |
| Regionals year 2 | 1996 |
| Regionals weight 2 | Women's 52 kg |
| Olympics rank | 1 |
| Olympics year | 1988 |
| Commonwealth rank | 1 |
| Commonwealth year | 1990 |
| Updated | 5 June 2023 |
Sharon Susan Rendle MBE (born 18 June 1966 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire) is a female retired judoka from the United Kingdom.[1]
Early life
In the early 1980s she trained twice a week at Grimsby Judo club. 23 year old Ann Lucitt, from the Grimsby club, won silver at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[2]
In January 1988 the minibus of Grimsby College was stolen in London, at an event, and much of the belongings were lost.[3]
She is only 5 feet tall. She lived with Ann Lucitt on Hawthorne Avenue in New Waltham from the mid-1980s, with coach Jennie and Terry Alltoft.[4]
Judo career
Rendle competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992, when she won a bronze medal in the women's featherweight division (52 kg). She was a multiple medal winner at the World Championships including winning gold at both the 1987 and the 1989 World Championships, also in the women's featherweight division (52 kg).
Rendle also won a gold medal in the 52 kg division at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where women's judo was held as a demonstration sport. She also represented England at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and won a gold medal in the 52 kg half-lightweight category, at the judo event in Auckland, New Zealand.[5][6]
In 1986, Rendle won the gold medal in the 52 kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[7] In addition to her international success she was champion of Great Britain on four occasions, winning the featherweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1991.[8]
In the late 1990s she became the Australian national coach.[9]
References
- ^ "Sharon Rendle profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 29 July 1986, page 3
- ^ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Monday 25 January 1988, page 2
- ^ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Wednesday 23 July 1986, page 16
- ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Edinburgh - Event". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Grimsby Evening Telegraph Tuesday 19 January 1999, page 32