20 Great Britain judoka travel to Lodz, Poland, today ahead of the European University Games starting on Sunday 24th until Tuesday 26th July.

Judoka were selected following the BUCS Championships earlier this year, with all selected having made the final or medalled.

Ashleigh Barnikel, selected for this summer’s Commonwealth Games, will compete in the -48kg category whilst Amel Simms and Isobel Kitchen will be in action in the -57kg. On day two British Championship silver and bronze medallists Lucy Williams and Fayokemi Abidekun will compete in the +78kg category.

British Senior Championship bronze medallist Jamie Spencer-Pickup will compete in the -81kg category on the opening day whilst on day two, British Junior Champion Alex Jenkins (+100kg) is in action with British Senior Championship silver medallist in the -90kg category, Jacob Popplewell fighting in the -90kg category.

Full Great Britain Team for the European University Games

Weight	Name	University
Women
-48kg	Ashleigh Barnikel	Cardiff Met
-52kg	Mary Tomblin	Durham
-57kg	Amel Simms	Birmingham
-57kg	Isobel Kitchen	Wolverhampton
-63kg	Holly Bentham	Birmingham
-63kg	Eve Jackson	Teeside
-70kg	Ella Tomsett	Nottingham
-70kg	Emily Niven	Portsmouth
+78kg	Lucy Williams	Anglia Ruskin
+78kg	Fayokemi Abidekun	Kent
Men
-60kg	Jessy Briard	King’s College
-60kg	Daniel Sinclair	Surrey
-66kg	Showgo Kimura	Cambridge
-73kg	Harry Le Mare	LSE
-81kg	Stylianos Sarentellis-Komniellis	Cambridge
-81kg	Jamie Spencer-Pickup	Wolverhampton
-90kg	Sam Collins	Birmingham
-90kg	Jacob Popplewell	East London
-100kg	Thomas Lish	Keele
+100kg	Alex Jenkins	Bath
Official
Referee	Andy Tremlett
Coach	Katrina McDonald
Coach	Chris Doherty

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