British judo star Stephanie Inglis (left), who was given a one per cent chance of survival after a motorcycle crash in Vietnam, has woken from her coma ©Getty Images

British judo star Stephanie Inglis, who was given a one per cent chance of survival after a motorcycle crash in Vietnam, has woken from her coma.

The Commonwealth Games silver medallist suffered head injuries when her skirt got caught in the wheel of the vehicle and pulled her off the bike last month.

The freak accident happened on May 10 as she made her way to a school in Ha Long where she had been teaching English to disadvantaged children for the previous four months.

The 27-year-old Scot, who finished runner-up to England’s Nekoda Smythe Davis in the women’s under 57 kilograms category at Glasgow 2014, has been in a medically-induced coma ever since.

When Inglis’ parents, Robert and Alison, arrived at the hospital yesterday morning, her mother asked her to blink if she could hear them.

She did so, and then proceeded to reach out for her father's hand.

"Today has been filled with extremes of emotion for Stephanie, her parents and family," said a post on the SaveSteph Facebook page.

"Upon arrival at the hospital this morning they found Stephanie with her left eye fully open and watching what was going on, when she saw Robert and Alison she started to move her face.

Stephanie Inglis came second to England's Nekoda Smythe Davis in the women's under 57kg category at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
Stephanie Inglis came second to England's Nekoda Smythe Davis in the women's under 57kg category at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games ©Getty Images

"Alison asked her: 'Stephanie, if you can hear us and know we are here, blink', and she did.

"Alison told Robert to hold her hand and as he went to do so, Stephanie lifted her hand for Robert to take it.

"And then Stephanie began to cry, I can't comprehend what this must have done to her parents.

"On the one hand the joy they felt was extreme, on the other they have never felt such sadness.

"They wanted to know if she was in pain, and had so many other questions to ask but instead they just told her she was ok, she was going to make it, they were there for her and so are many other people who are fighting this fight with her.""

Family friend and fellow British judoka Khalid Gehlan added: "This is incredible.

"A girl who was written off for dead three weeks ago has now been given hope, her doctors are starting to whisper that there's potential for a full recovery."

Gehlan set up a GoFundMe page on May 12 in a bid to raise funds for Inglis' medical bills.

Inglis' travel insurance had expired and her hospital stay was costing £2,000 ($2,900/€2,600) per day.

More than 7,000 people have donated so far, raising over £292,000 ($425,000/€373,000).

Inglis is now being treated at a hospital in Bangkok.

You can visit the fundraising website here.