Karen Sheffield

Karen (Sheffield) Heney
Personal information
Born (1961-04-07) 7 April 1961
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
OccupationJudoka
Years active1977–1989 (competition)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Rank     Yondan (4th dan) belt
ClubMunster Judo Club
Coached byMasao Takahashi
Chris Toole
Frank Hatashita
Goki Uemura
Hiroshi Nakamura
Jim Wong
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pan American Championships
1982 Santiago–56 kg
1984 Mexico City–56 kg
1986 Salinas–56 kg
Profile at external databases
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Karen Sheffield Heney (born 7 April 1961) is a Canadian retired judoka and coach who won three medals at the Pan American Judo Championships between 1982 and 1986. Sheffield was Canadian Champion 10 times, has taught judo for over 25 years and represented Canada at the 1980 World Judo Championships, in New York City, United States, the first edition of this competition to allow women.