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Winston Gordon won bronze
in the –90kg weight category at the 2006 European Judo Championships,
which took place in Tampere, Finland from 26 th –28 th May.
It
is the first European medal for the 27-year-old from Wandsworth
who finished 5 th in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
The
Budokwai player lost only to the eventual gold medallist Ivan
Pershin of Russia - but came back through the repechage to beat
Krzysztof Weglarz of Poland in the bronze medal match.
The Brits won a total of
four medals at the Championships which means they finished third
in the overall medal table - behind France in first place and
Russia in second.
It also brought two new
British European Champions. Craig Fallon won gold on day one in
the –60kg weight category and Sarah Clark won the –63kg title
on day two - the first time in ten years that Britain has had
more that one European Champion at the same time.
A second bronze of the
Championships was won by Harlow’s Peter Cousins in the –100kg
weight category on Sunday.
Colin McIver, British Judo
Performance Director said, “It was the best performance by a British
team at a European Championships in ten years.
“We must now concentrate
on building on this success as we go forward into next year for
the Olympic qualification period for Beijing”
Winston
Gordon celebrates winning European bronze © David Finch
Full Team
Women:
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Category:
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Selected:
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Home
Town |
Club
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Personal
Coach |
Date
of Birth |
- 52
kgs |
Sophie
Johnstone |
Brighton
|
Bridgeview
|
Mark
Earle |
23/8/84
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-57kg
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Faith
Pitman |
Harlow
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Camberley
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Mark
Earle |
4/5/1985
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- 63
kgs |
Sarah
Clark |
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
|
Billy
Cusack |
31/1/78
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- 70
kgs |
Samantha
Lowe |
Ovington
|
Camberley
|
Mark
Earle |
20/1/82
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- 78
kgs |
Michelle
Rogers |
Swinton,
Manchester |
Whitburn
/SIS |
Darcel
Yandzi |
21/06/76
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+ 78
kgs |
Karina
Bryant |
Aldershot
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Camberley
|
Mark
Earle |
27/1/79
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Men:
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- 60
kgs |
Craig
Fallon |
Wolverhampton
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Hardy
Spicer 83 |
Fitzroy
Davies |
18/12/82
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- 66
kgs |
Colin
Oates |
North
Lopham, Norfolk |
Kumo
|
Howard
Oates |
7/6/83
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- 73
kgs |
Matthew
Purssey |
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Billy
Cusack |
23/2/81
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- 81
kgs |
Euan
Burton |
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Billy
Cusack |
31/3/79
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- 90
kgs |
Winston
Gordon |
London
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Budokwai
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Eric
Bonti |
9/11/76
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- 100
kgs |
Peter
Cousins |
Harlow
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JSC
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John
Cottis |
3/3/81
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