Neil Eckersley (born 5 April 1964) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.[1][2] There he won a bronze medal in the men's extra-lightweight division (–60 kg), alongside USA's Edward "Ed" Liddie.[3]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 April 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –60 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1984) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 7th (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1987, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games |  (1986) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| JudoInside.com | 4926 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Judo career
editIn 1986, he won the silver medal in the 60kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.[4]
Bronze Olympic medallist.[5] Olympic British team captain. European medallist. Placed seventh at the world Championships. Winning a bronze medal in the light-weight division (-60 kg) of the 1987 Matsutarō Shoriki cup in Tokyo[6] likely made Eckersley to become the first British male judoka to win a medal during a major international tournament held in Japan. Since December 2014 Eckersley has held the rank of 7th dan awarded by the British Judo Association and International judo Federation.[7] Eckersley holds a Diploma in Sports Coaching from Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh, and in 2005 completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) degree in Sports Studies at St. Martins College, Lancaster, today known as the University of Cumbria. In 2015, Eckersley with IJF 7 Dan certificates on Day 1 of the British Open.[8]
Eckersley is a judo instructor and from 2014 he has been head of the regional program in Judoregion West in Norway and club coach in Sandnes Judo Club.
Eckersley is a painter and digital artist and member of Art of the Olympians (AOTO).[9]
References
edit- ^ "Neil ECKERSLEY". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Neil Eckersley". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Games Los Angeles". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Edinburgh - Event". Judo Inside. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Neil Eckersley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Matsutaro Shoriki Cup Tokyo - Event". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "BJA Dan Grade Register". britishjudo.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Chris Bowles and Neil Eckersley - 7 Dan". judo.forumotion.com. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ "Art of the Olympians | Neil Eckersley". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
External links
edit- Official website
- Neil Eckersley at the International Judo Federation
- Neil Eckersley at JudoInside.com
- Neil Eckersley at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Neil Eckersley at Olympics.com
- Neil Eckersley at Olympedia
- Neil Eckersley at The-Sports.org
- Neil Eckersley at the British Judo Association
