 David Starbrook vs Shota Chochishvili in 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | David Colin Starbrook | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1945 (age 78) Croydon, South London, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –80 kg, –93 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Renshuden Judo Club, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1971, 1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1973) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 54403 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 21 June 2023. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Colin (Colon) Starbrook MBE (born 9 August 1945) is a British retired judoka. Between 1972 and 1976 he won two silver and five bronze medals at the Olympic Games, world and European championships. Starbrook has 4 children: Joanne, Sam, Leon, and Emily.[1][2]
Starbrook took up judo at the late age of 19. He is the author of the book Judo, Starbrook style.[1] He lives in France where he continues to practise and coach judo. His son, Leon, is also a judoka. In November 2007 at the Judo World Cup in Birmingham he was awarded his 9th Dan by Densign White, chairman of the British Judo Association.
References
- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Starbrook". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ David Starbrook. judoinside.com
External links
Media related to David Starbrook at Wikimedia Commons
- David Starbrook at the International Judo Federation
- David Starbrook at JudoInside.com
- David Starbrook at AllJudo.net (in French)
- David Starbrook at Olympics.com
- David Starbrook at Olympedia
- David Starbrook at Team GB
- David Starbrook at The-Sports.org
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