Kody Andrews

Kody Andrews (born 12 June 2000) is a New Zealand judoka, who won the silver medal in the over-100 kg category representing his country at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Biography Andrews was born on 12 June 2000 in Christchurch, where he is a member of the Premiere Equipe Judo Club. He was runner-up in the under-90 kg class at the 2018 New Zealand national judo championships. The following year, he moved up to the under-100 kg category, and again finished in second place. He first competed overseas at the 2019 Oceania Open under-21 tournament in Perth, Australia, where he won the under-100 kg event.

In 2022, in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games, Andrews trained and competed overseas. He placed seventh in the over-100 kg class in World Cup events at both the Tunis Open and Algiers Open in March, and was also seventh in the same class at the 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships in Lima the following month. He then finished in second place in the over-100 kg class at the European Cup event at Winterthur in July, before winning the silver medal in the same division at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.