Natalie Powell

Natalie Powell (born 16 October 1990) is a Welsh judoka. She competed for Wales in the women's 78 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal.[1][2] In 2017 she became the first female British judoka to be ranked number one in the world, which she accomplished by winning a gold medal at the Abu Dhabi judo Grand Slam 2017.[3][4] Earlier that year she won a bronze medal at the European Championships.[3]

Natalie Powell

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
Occupation	Judoka
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Judo
Weight class	–78 kg
Achievements and titles
World Champ.	(2017)
European Champ.	(2016, 2017, 2018)
Olympic Games	7th (2016)
Commonwealth Games	(2014)
Medal record Women's judo Representing  Great Britain World Championships 2017 Budapest –78 kg European Championships 2016 Kazan –78 kg 2017 Warsaw –78 kg 2018 Tel Aviv –78 kg World Masters 2015 Rabat –78 kg 2016 Gualdelajara –78 kg 2018 Guangzhou –78 kg IJF Grand Slam 2017 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2017 Ekaterinburg –78 kg 2018 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2019 Brasilia –78 kg 2016 Paris –78 kg 2018 Düsseldorf –78 kg 2021 Abu Dhabi –78 kg IJF Grand Prix 2014 Astana –78 kg 2015 Tashkent –78 kg 2020 Tel Aviv –78 kg 2012 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2013 Abu Dhabi –78 kg 2014 Samsun –78 kg 2015 Samsun –78 kg 2017 Cancún –78 kg 2013 Samsun –78 kg 2013 Miami –78 kg 2013 Rijeka –78 kg 2014 Düsseldorf –78 kg 2014 Budapest –78 kg 2014 Zagreb –78 kg 2014 Tashkent –78 kg 2016 Tbilisi –78 kg 2016 Antalya –78 kg 2018 Budapest –78 kg 2019 Budapest –78 kg 2019 Tashkent –78 kg Representing  Wales Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow –78 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF	10332
JudoInside.com	48367
Updated on 28 November 2021.

In May 2019, Powell was selected to compete at the 2019 European Games in Minsk, Belarus.[5]

In 2021, she competed in the women's 78 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[6]

She is openly lesbian[7] and she is in a relationship with Sanne van Dijke from 2018.[8]