Brian Jacks

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Olympic medal record
Men's Judo
Bronze Munich 1972 Middleweight

Brian Jacks (born May 10, 1946)[1] is a British judoka who won Britain's first medal at a world championship, taking a bronze in Salt Lake City in 1967,[2] and gained a second bronze at the 1972 Munich Olympics.[1] He later achieved national fame for his outstanding "Gym Test" performances on the BBC programme Superstars.[3] His victories in the British and European Superstars lead to the creation a couple of branded computer games: Brian Jacks' Superstar Challenge and Brian Jacks' Uchi Mata.

After retiring from judo he opened a fitness and martial arts club, and in 1990 he started a company hiring bouncy castles.[4]

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  1. ^ a b Brian Jacks. databaseOlympics. Retrieved on 19 October 2006.
  2. ^ The History of the Budokwai (2005). Retrieved on 19 October 2006.
  3. ^ Superstars: A brief history. BBC. Retrieved on 19 October 2006.
  4. ^ BJ's Bouncy Castles. Retrieved on 19 October 2006.
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