 Oates akakwikwidza kuTeam GB mumitambo yeOlympic yeLondon muna 2012 mumakwikwi evarume e66 kg judo. Pashure pokukunda Ivo dos Santos weAustralia uye aimbova Mukwikwidzi WenyikaKhashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Oates akarohwa mumakwikwi ekupedzisira nemukundi wegoridhe wekupedzisira, Lasha Shavdatuashvili kubva kuGeorgia, achibatwa kwemasekondi gumi nemashanu panguva ye golden score yekuwedzera. Akarasikirwa zvakare mu repêchage kuna Cho Jun-Ho weSouth Korea, uyo akaenderera mberi kuhwina menduru yebronze. 