Nationality British Name Stephanie Inglis Event(s) Women's 57 kg | Sport Judo Country Scotland | |
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Born 3 November 1988 (age 35) ( 1988-11-03 ) Inverness, Scotland Profiles |
STEPHANIE INGLIS
Stephanie Inglis (born 3 November 1988) is a Scottish judoka. She competed for Scotland in the women's 57 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal.
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On 10 May 2016, whilst on a sabbatical teaching English as a second language in Ha Long, Vietnam, whilst riding as a pillion passenger on a motorbike taxi, Inglis's skirt got caught in the wheel, pulling her off the motorcycle. Her sister Stacey later told the BBC News Victoria Derbyshire programme that Inglis was in a coma and "in a very critical state."
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The family were told that Inglis did not have the correct travel insurance to cover the cost of her medical treatment in Vietnam. As a result, an online fundraising page was created on the GoFundMe fundraising website to help pay for her treatment. By the end of July it had raised more than £320k.
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Having resultantly been moved to a hospital in Bangkok, Thailand, on 6 June 2016, Inglis awakened three weeks after being placed in a medically induced coma, after opening her left eye and grabbing her father's hand in response for the first time since waking up.
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On 13 June 2016, Inglis arrived home in Scotland having been flown via air ambulance to continue her recovery. She was able to speak within a few days and to give an interview some weeks later.
![Stephanie Inglis Stephanie Inglis continues battle to recover from horror motorcycle](https://alchetron.com/cdn/stephanie-inglis-39b11a13-72d8-4bce-99fd-1d32497651b-resize-750.jpeg)
She hopes to return to judo for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
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![Stephanie Inglis Stephanie Inglis Scottish judo star returns home to Highlands BBC](https://alchetron.com/cdn/stephanie-inglis-d91ba3c2-68b7-413f-97ad-30b5a35d6ea-resize-750.jpeg)