Colin Oates

Colin Oates (born 7 June 1983 in Harold Wood, London) is an English Judoka.

Oates competed for Team GB in the 2012 London Olympics in the men's 66 kg judo event. ^[1] After victories over Australia's Ivo dos Santos and former World Champion Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Oates was beaten in the quarter finals by the eventual gold medallist, Lasha Shavdatuashvili from Georgia, being pinned for 15 seconds during "golden score" overtime. He lost again in the repêchage to Cho Jun-Ho of South Korea, who went on to win the bronze medal. ^[2]

Oates won a Bronze medal in the 2011 European Championship defeating Pierre Duprat from France. In the 2011 World Championship he finished fifth losing to Musa Mogushkov from Russia in the bronze medal match.

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