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Daniel Powell (born 22 September 1997)[1][2] is a British judoka. He won the gold medal in the Men's 73 kg at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. He is currently ranked number 2 in the -73 kg category in the UK by the British Judo Association.
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| Born | September 22, 1997 Walsall, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born in Walsall, Powell is from Sutton Coldfield.[3]
At the junior level between 2015 and 2017, Powell won four bronze and two silver medals in European Cup competitions and a bronze medal at the 2017 U23 Championships in Podgorica.[1][2]
In senior judo, he is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the British Judo Championships in 2017, 2019 and 2021.[4]
He won a silver medal at the 2021 European Judo Open Championships in Sarajevo[1][2] and was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where he won gold in the Men's 73 kg,[1] defeating Gambian Faye Njie with an ippon in the golden score period.[5][6]
He won a silver medal at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the mens -90kg J1 judo final in Paris with one minute and 12 seconds of the bout remaining.[7]
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