Donna Guy-Halkyard
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| Birth name | Donna Guy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 November 1961 Rotorua, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1986–1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Donna Guy-Halkyard (née Guy; born 1 November 1961) is a New Zealand former judoka, who won a bronze medal at the 1986 World Judo Championships, and won a silver medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.
Personal life
[edit]Guy-Halkyard is from Rotorua, New Zealand.[1]
Career
[edit]At the 1986 World Judo Championships, Guy won a bronze medal in the under 61kg event. She is the only New Zealander to have won a medal at the World Judo Championships.[1] In the same year, Guy came second at the judo demonstration event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, losing in the final to Diane Bell.[1][2] Guy also competed for New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] At the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand, Guy-Halkyard came second in the under 61kg event,[3] losing to Briton Diane Bell in the final.[4]
Post-career
[edit]After retiring, Guy-Halkyard took up judo coaching, but retired in 1997 after a mountain biking accident.[1] In 2014, Guy-Halkyard was the inaugural member of the Judo New Zealand Hall of Fame.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Guy 'emotional' after receiving top honour". The New Zealand Herald. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "COMMONWEALTH GAMES EDINBURGH – EVENT". Judo Inside. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Judo: Expectations high for medals as quality team heads to Glasgow". The New Zealand Herald. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ "Mapp dazed by solid gold". The Guardian. 2 February 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 12 February 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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