Ellen Cobb
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1940-12-14) 14 December 1940
OccupationJudoka
Sport
SportJudo
Weight class+72 kg
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place1975 Munich -72kg
Bronze medal – third place1976 Vienna +72kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com4916

Ellen Cobb (born 14 December 1940) is a retired British judoka[1] and a massage therapist.[2]

Career

Cobb began her judo training around 1965.[3]: 5  She competed successfully in both national and international judo competitions[4] and primarily ran matches in the over-72 kilograms weight class.[5] An article in the UK Judo magazine credits her with being the first female British judoka to earn a gold medal in international competition, after Cobb placed first in a 1972 event in Belgrade.[3]: 5  She won medals at two European Judo Championships, placing third in 1975 in the Half Heavyweight category,[6] and second in 1976 in the Heavyweight category.[7] As of 2015, she holds the record for oldest female medal winner in the European Judo Championships at the age of 35 in 1976.[8]

During 1977, Cobb was a full-time judo instructor.[3]: 5  and she became champion of Great Britain, winning the heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships.[9] On 20 January 2002, she was promoted to 8th Dan.[10]

Since retiring from judo competition in the 1980s, Cobb has trained in multiple types of massage therapy, including Bowen technique, and now operates her own therapy centre in Hampshire, England.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Ellen Cobb profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  2. ↑ "Britain's Own Samurai". Radio Times. Vol. 195. BBC Magazines. 1972. p. 57. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 Woodard, Marian (February 1977). "2nd European Judo Championships for Women" (PDF). Judo. London: Judo Limited. 19 (8): 2–13.
  4. ↑ "Ellen Cobb, Judoka, JudoInside". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Tough Fights For Canadians". The Windsor Star. 24 October 1977. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "Judo - Ellen Cobb (Great Britain)". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Oro per la Di Toma negli "europei" di Vienna" [Gold for Di Toma in the "Europeans" in Vienna] (PDF). L'Unità (in Italian). 12 December 1976. p. 20. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
  8. ↑ Chinappi, Giulio (15 May 2015). "Judo, Europei 2015: la belga Ilse Heylen alla ricerca di nuovi record" [Judo, European Championships 2015: the Belgian Ilse Heylen in search of new records]. OASport (in Italian). Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  9. ↑ "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. ↑ "British Judo Association". www.britishjudo.org.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
  11. ↑ Tompkins, Kevin. "Ellen Cobb - Ellen". www.ellen-cobb.co.uk. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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