While Quilter became the first visually impaired British champion in 12 years, the Ingrams became the first British siblings to win silver medals at the World Championships.

Paralympic bronze medallist Sam, who trains at one of British Judo’s recognised training centres, Ratho in Edinburgh, moved easily through his preliminary rounds before losing out in the final to Beijing Paralympic champion Oleg Krestul of Russia.

"I am happy I got to the final," said Sam.

"I put in some good performances in the early rounds.

"It’s always disappointing to lose in the final, but I felt the fight was closer this time round between us, and I can go away and work on my core judo and beat him next time."

Joe, who trains full time at the British Judo Performance Institute (BJPI) in Dartford, kept his focus on his own contests to win the silver medal in the -100kg weight category.

"I didn’t watch Sam’s final, I tried to keep my focus and not get too overwhelmed going into the fight," he said.

After losing his final to Gwanggeun Chon of Korea, Joe said, "The Korean I fought in the final was just too good for me.

"I am happy with my silver medal, I fought hard for it - winning against the Beijing Olympic champion Antonio Silva of Brazil in my semi-final was a real highlight."

Reid, one out of only two females in the squad, took the final medal for Britain after losing a tough fight in the third round against Yanping Yuan of China.

Yuan used her weight to pin the Brit in a hold early on in the fight to win the contest, leaving Reid to fight for bronze through the repechage.

Elsewhere, Alex Farrington finished in a creditable fifth place in the -57kg weight category, a career best for the fighter who was identified by British Judo’s VI Talent Search just over a year ago, and Darren Harris competed in the -66kg competition, but failed to gain a place.

Commenting on the team’s display, Margaret Hicks, Performance Director said: "The medals won by this team, including a world title, are a great indication that the technical influence of head coach Patrick Roux and the professionally managed VI programme, led by Dave Sanders, Paralympic Programme Manager, being delivered out of the BJPI in Dartford and Ratho in Edinburgh, is starting to have a real performance impact.

"This also includes the integrated coaching with new VI lead coach Jean Paul Bell, sport science and sport medicine support.

"These results are an important marker for Paralympic success in London 2012."


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