At the age of ten she joined the Camberley club and earned her black belt less than six years later.

She entered the European Junior Championships in 1995, competing in the over 72 kg class, she finished with a silver medal.

[6] She competed at the 2012 European Championships and qualified out of the pool stage, but was beaten by Russian Elena Ivashchenko.

[8] On 3 August, she started her campaign at the Games; her first match was a victory over Algeria's competitor Sonia Asselah.

In her round of 16, she edged past third-seeded Slovenian Lucija Polavder, the 2008 Olympic bronze medalist.

In the quarter-final she beat Kazakhstan's Gulzhan Issanova to set up a semi-final match against Japan's Mika Sugimoto.

Her opponent scored a yuko on her, but Bryant took another waza-ari, which combined with the first gave her an ippon, the victory in the bout and the bronze medal.