Nicola Fairbrother

Nicola Kim Fairbrother MBE (born 14 May 1970) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who competed at two Olympic Games. She holds the 8th Dan and is one of Britain's most prominent judoka.

Judo career Fairbrother's first significant success was becoming champion of Great Britain, winning the lightweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1989. The following year she gained her first senior international success when she won a bronze medal at the 1990 European Judo Championships in Frankfurt.

In 1998 and 1999, she won her fourth and fifth British Championship titles. She retired from competitive judo at the end of 1999.

Awards In 1994, she was awarded the MBE for services to judo by HM The Queen.

Personal life Fairbrother is married to Miriam Blasco. She has authored a number of children's judo books and from 2001 to 2018 she was the editor of the Koka Kids Judo magazine.