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Biography
Judith Baker (died December 17, 2014) was a Female Judoka. Judith was a four time national champion and a 4th degree blackbelt. For many years the ceiling in rank for women in Judo was 5th degree.
Personal life
She died on December 17, 2014. She graduated in 1962 from the University of Cincinnati.
Martial arts career
In the second National USJA Women's Judo Championship, she would compete in the brown belt technique division and be the division champion.. At the Ju-no-kata division she would win first with Joan Millay. In 1977 at the Women's Judo National's, she would work with Linda Stoops and took first in Ju No Kata and Nage-no-kata, and second in Katame-no-kata. She would take second place in those division in the US Women's International Judo invitational.
She was recognized as a Judo player, Kata Champion and Judo coach in the state of Ohio and the nation.