Densign White

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Densign Emmanuel White (born December 21, 1961 in Wolverhampton ) is a former British judoka . He was fifth twice in the Olympics, third in the 1987 World Championship and won three medals at European Championships.

Athletic career

The 1.80 m tall Densign White fought in the light middleweight division until 1981. In 1980 he was third in the European Junior Championships. In the summer of 1981 he switched to middleweight, the weight class up to 86 kilograms. At the World Championships in 1981 he was eliminated in the quarter-finals against the Spaniard Alfonso García Ortíz .

At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles he defeated Eric Bessi from Monegas in 2:36 minutes and in the second round Alfonso García Ortíz after 3:22 minutes. In the quarterfinals he was defeated by Robert Berland from the United States by referee decision (Yusei-gachi). In the hope round he defeated Magnus Büchel from Liechtenstein after 1:18 minutes and lost the battle for bronze against the Brazilian Walter Carmona through a coca rating.

In 1986 White reached the final of the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. He was defeated in an all-English duel Raymond Stevens . At the European Championships in Paris in 1987 , White defeated the Austrian Peter Seisenbacher in the semifinals and defeated the French Fabien Canu in the final . Half a year later, White was defeated in the semifinals of the 1987 World Championships in Essen by the North Korean Pak Jong-chol , but then secured a bronze medal by defeating the Bulgarian Georgi Petrow . In 1988 White reached the final at the European Championships in Pamplona as in the previous year and also lost to Fabien Canu as in the previous year.

At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 White won his first fight against the Belgian Luc Suplis by referee decision. In the second fight against the Argentine Sandro Lopéz he won with a Yuko rating, in the round of 16 he won against the New Zealander Bill Vincent by Ippon after 1:32 minutes. In the quarter-finals, White met Vladimir Shestakov from the Soviet Union and was defeated by a referee decision. In the hope round, White defeated the Taiwanese Chiu Heng-an after 3:58 minutes, but then lost the battle for bronze against the Dutchman Ben Spijkers by Waza-ari.

1989 at the European Championships in Helsinki White lost in the quarterfinals against Vitaly Budjukin from the Soviet Union. After two wins in the Hope Round, he was defeated by Axel Lobenstein from the GDR in the battle for bronze . Five months later at the World Championships in Belgrade he lost to Ben Spijkers in the semifinals and again to Axel Lobenstein in the battle for bronze. The following year, Densign White won the final of the Commonwealth Games in 1990 in Auckland against Winston Sweatman from Scotland . Three months later he lost to Axel Lobenstein in the quarter-finals of the 1990 European Championships in Frankfurt am Main. With three wins in the hope round, White won a bronze medal. The following year he was defeated at the 1991 European Championships in Prague in the round of 16 against the Italian Giorgio Vismara . After two wins in the Hope Round, he lost the battle for bronze against Romanian Adrian Croitoru . At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Densign White won his first fight against Hermathe Souffrant from Haiti after nine seconds, in the round of 16 he was eliminated by the referee against the South Korean Yang Jong-ok .

After his active career, White was Sports Director at the European Judo Federation and then Chairman of the British Judo Federation. Densign White is married to former British javelin thrower and 1984 Olympic gold medalist, Tessa Sanderson .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 954f
  3. ↑ 1986 Commonwealth Games in judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 107f
  5. ↑ 1990 Commonwealth Games in judoinside.com
  6. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 422f
personal data
SURNAME White, Densign
ALTERNATIVE NAMES White, Densign Emmanuel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British judoka
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolverhampton