Christopher Bowles (born 19 September 1957) is a British judoka. He competed in the men's half-middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1957 | |||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Judo career
editBowles became champion of Great Britain, winning the light-middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1979.[2] The following year he won a silver medal at the 1980 European Judo Championships in Vienna, competing in the under 71kg division he lost the gold medal match to Nicolae Vlad of Romania.[3]
In 1980, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's 78 kg division he failed to progress from Pool A after losing his second match to Bernard Tchoullouyan.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christopher Bowles Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Chris Bowles profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
edit- Chris Bowles at JudoInside.com
- Chris Bowles at Olympedia
- Chris Bowles at Team GB
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