Winston Gordon

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Winston Alanzo Gordon (born November 9, 1976 in Wandsworth , London ) is a former British judoka . He was fifth in the 2004 Olympics and third in the 2006 European Championship.

Athletic career

The 1.87 m tall Winston Gordon fought in the middleweight division. In 1996 he was third in the European Junior Championships. In 1998 he finished seventh at the European Championships in Oviedo , and in 1999 he was seventh at the European Championships in Bratislava . In 2002 he lost to the Georgian Surab Swiadauri in the battle for bronze at the European Championships in Maribor . At the Commonwealth Games in Manchester in 2002 , Gordon defeated the Canadian Keith Morgan in the final . Two years later at the Olympic Games in Athens , Gordon defeated the Brazilian Carlos Honorato in the quarter-finals . After losing to Surab Swiadauri in the semi-finals and the Dutchman Mark Huizinga in the battle for bronze, Gordon finished fifth.

2006 at the European Championships in Tampere Gordon was defeated in the quarter-finals to the Russian Ivan Perschin . With two wins in the hope round he reached the battle for bronze, which he won against the Pole Krzysztof Weglarz . In 2007 Winston Gordon finished seventh at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro . At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , he retired in his first fight against the Uzbek Xurshid Nabiev . Four years later he reached the second round at the 2012 Olympic Games in London , where he was defeated by the Russian Kirill Denisov .

After his career, Winston Gordon became a coach. He trained at TSV Großhadern and was then a full-time trainer at the Olympic base in Munich.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Commonwealth Games 2002 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Full-time trainers at bayernjudo.de (accessed on March 3, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Winston
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gordon, Winston Alanzo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British judoka
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Wandsworth , London