Megan Fletcher
British judoka (born 1989)
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Megan Fletcher (born 2 August 1989) is an Irish judoka, who was born in England. She previously represented England and Great Britain judo at the international level before competing for the Republic of Ireland.
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| Nationality | Irish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 August 1989 Reading, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | The Emmbrook School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Bath | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –70 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | R32 (2020) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 5th (2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 7th (2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games |  (2014) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| JudoInside.com | 31873 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 May 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal history
Megan Fletcher was born on 2 August 1989 in Reading, England. She was schooled at The Emmbrook School, in Wokingham,[1] before going to the University of Bath, where she has trained since 2007 with Team Bath.[2] As of 2014[update] she resides in Wokingham,[3] which is where her club, Pinewood Judo Club, is located.[4]
Besides judo, Fletcher is a trained geography teacher, and teaches part-time[5] at The Castle School, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire.[6]
Judo career
Fletcher began judo at the age of 5,[7][8] and became a first dan black belt at the age of 15.[3] In 2011, Fletcher participated for Great Britain at the World University Games in China.[9]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, held in Glasgow, Scotland, Fletcher beat Moira de Villiers of New Zealand in the 70 kilograms judo final,[10] by ippon with tate shiho gatame.[5] Fletcher reached the final despite the fact that she had her face taped up after suffering an injury to her nose[11] against the "gold medal hope"[5] Sally Conway of Scotland in the semi-finals;[11] Conway was the British judo number one going into the tournament.[5] After her victory in the final, Fletcher dedicated it to her sensei, Don Werner, who had been her coach at Pinewood and died in January 2014 of cancer.[6] Fletcher's younger brother Ben Fletcher was due to compete in the judo 73 kilograms (161 lb) category, but a week before the event he suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw; he was replaced by Danny Williams.[10] Megan is currently ranked 40th in the world in the 70 kg category by the International Judo Federation.[12]
In 2020, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic.[13] In 2021, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[14]
Megan now works as a Geography teacher at The Castle School Thornbury.
