Brian Jacks

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Olympic medal record
Men's Judo
Bronze 1972 Munich 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 of the branded computer games: Brian Jacks' Superstar Challenge and Brian Jacks' Uchi Mata. He attributed his great performances in the "gym test" to the benefits of eating numerous oranges.

After retiring from judo he opened a fitness and martial arts club, and in 1990 he started a company hiring bouncy castles. In 1984 he briefly appeared on the BBC show "Micro Live", where he set up his new Atari 800XL with his family.[1]

[edit] Notes

  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.


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