Ellie Gudgeon

At Sporting Agenda we always enjoy hearing what our sponsored athletes are up to, and Ellie Gudgeon is ready to take on her 2026 season after some seriously impressive results last year. "After a strong finish to 2025, with becoming national open weight champion and British champion, I am hoping to kick start my 2026 season the same way. My 2026 season had a slightly delayed start as I was unwell at the start of the year, so I missed my first ranking competition of the year. It is a setback...

2024 was a year of highs and lows for me as an athlete. My year started off strong by travelling to Denmark in February for the Copenhagen Open where I fought in -55kg category and achieved silver. I got to have my first spotlight final which was an amazing experience to be able to take part in. A couple of weeks after this I travel to Poland for the Central Europe Open where I improved on my silver from Denmark in the previous weeks to achieve a Gold! This was a great confidence boost for me...