Tiffany Day was an Australian judoka, who played for the extra-lightweight category.[1] She was a 2007 Australian judo champion for her weight division, and a member of Pittsworth Judo Club under her personal coach, Patrick Mahoon.

Tiffany Day
Personal information
Nationality Australia
Born1 February 1990
Toowoomba,
Australia
Died9 April 2019(2019-04-09) (aged 29)
Height1.54 m (5 ft 12 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event48 kg
ClubPittsworth Judo Club
Coached byPatrick Mahoon

Day represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's extra-lightweight class (48 kg). She received a bye for the second preliminary round match, before losing out to Argentina's Paula Pareto, who successfully scored an ippon (full point) with a yoko shiho gatame (side four quarter hold), at one minute and twenty seconds.[2]

Tiffany Day died unexpectedly on 9 April 2019 at the age of 29.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tiffany Day". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Women's Extra Lightweight (48kg/106 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Family's tribute to Pittsworth Olympian after sudden death". The Queensland Times. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
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