JudoInside – News – Sally Conway new head coach in Sweden who replaces Robert Eriksson
The recently nominated Robert Eriksson, who was a long-appreciated head coach, stepped back from his position at the right time, at his peak. Olympic and world bronze medalist Sally Conway takes over the lead together with assistant coach Viktor Carlsson.
After 17 years, Eriksson will focus more on the organization and management of Judo in Sweden. A comparison with Kosei Inoue in a large country but a small judo nation. The Swedish Judo Association announced a large replacement. A mixture of national and international experience and definitely in line with the trend, even though Robert Eriksson also started as a young coach.
An exciting and promising combination and a step in the right direction for the largest Scandinavian judo association and for Sally Conway who was expected to return in the World Tour one day soon and this team suits her perfectly. She understands what it takes to take Swedish talent to perhaps the final stage. Takes more medals at the world championships. Robert Eriksson had a fantastic year winning two unique World Cup medals in Budapest and it would be great if Conway could keep that level a little longer with this generation and bring new talent to the international podium, which will be the biggest challenge .
Erikksson had the honor of being nominated for the IJF awards:. “It means a lot to me and to our country to be nominated. We are also a small judo nation and we work hard and years to achieve something like that and we are really proud to do so and hopefully it gives us good inspiration for the coming years for Swedish judo. ”
Sally’s career (34)
Scottish judoka Sally Conway won an Olympic bronze medal in Rio 2016 for Great Britain. She took bronze at the 2019 World Championships in Tokyo. Conway began his career with a silver medal at the 2006 Junior World Championships. Won more than 7 national titles. Grand Slam bronze in Paris 2016 and gold 2018. She won the Grand Prix in The Hague 2018 and gold at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf 2019. Sally took home European silver 2018 and 28 World Cup medals.
Robert Erikkson (45)
Robert has been the head coach of the Swedish national team for 17 years until 2021 when he takes a step back after winning two medals at the 2021 World Cup in Budapest. He was a multiple Swedish champion and Nordic champion who fought both U90kg and U100kg in his career. As a coach for the Swedish team, many juniors reached senior world level.