Megan Fletcher
Event: under-70kg
Dan Grade Level: 2nd Dan
Date and Place of Birth: 2 August 1989, Reading, UK
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 70 kg
Coached by: Juergen Klinger
Date arrived at Team Bath: July 2007
Course of Study: Graduate of Environmental Science. Also achieved a PGCE in Secondary Geography.
Clubs: Team Bath, Pinewood Judo Club
Occupation: Athlete/Teacher
Biography: Megan started judo in 1994, aged five. After training full time at the University of Bath for almost 10 years, she represented Great Britain at the 2011 World University Games in China and has gone on to win medals at European, World Cup and Commonwealth level – including a gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
She has represented Ireland since 2017 (as has brother Ben, who is a fellow Team Bath judoka) and has continued to win medals on the international stage, putting her in a good position to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Career highlights:
Gold – Under 70kg, Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland, July 2014
Bronze – European Open, Madrid, Spain, May 2014
Silver – Pan American Open, Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2014
Gold – Pan American Open, Montevideo, Uruguay, March 2014
Silver – World Cup, Rome, Italy, October 2012
Gold – European Cup, Boras, Sweden, October 2010