Julia Marczak finishes 5th at Cadet European Championships

Julia Marczak (Judo Sensei London) finished 5^th on the final day of the individual competition at the Cadet European Championships in Odivelas, Portugal, to match the result of her brother Derek on day 2.

Marczak had an opening-round bye before defeating Coco-Mia Baur (GER) and Xanne Van Lijf (NED) to book her place in the semi-finals. Defeat to eventual gold medallist Tuana Gulenay (TUR) progressed Marczak to the bronze medal contest where she was narrowly defeated by Anna Oliinyk-Korniiko (UKR).

Earlier in the day, Noah Black (Clyde Judo) was defeated in his opening-round contest against Atilla Dinc (TUR) in the -90kg category.

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