Anthony Clarke (judoka)
For other people named Anthony Clarke, see Anthony Clarke (disambiguation).
 Clarke faces his opponent, Great Britain's Ian Rose, at the 2000 Summer Paralympics | ||||||||||
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| Full name | Anthony Laurence Clarke | |||||||||
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 Australia | |||||||||
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19 June 1961 Adelaide, South Australia | |||||||||
Medal record
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Anthony Laurence Clarke, OAM[1] (born 19 June 1961 in Adelaide) is an Australian judoka.[2]
Blind since 17 as a result of a car accident[2], he became a Paralympic Judo gold medallist in 1996, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia,[1] was world blind judo champion (in 1990 and 1998), and was an official torch bearer at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3][4][5] In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.[6]
He has represented Australia at five Summer Paralympics, from 1992 to 2008, and wrote an autobiographical motivational book titled Achieving the Impossible.[7]
He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1996 to 2000 in judo.[8]
Achievements
Australian judoka Anthony Clarke competes on his way to a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Paralympics
- 1990 World Blind Judo Champion - 78 kg class[9]
- 1998 World blind Judo Champion - 90 kg class[5]
- 1999 Awarded the Judo Federation of Australia's "Outstanding South Australian Judo Player of the Decade"[10]
- 2002 - International Blind Sports Association World Games for the Vision Impaired - bronze medallist [11]
- 2006 FESPIC Games - bronze medallist [2]
- Paralympic and dual world vision impaired champion [10]
References
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- 1 2 "Clarke, Anthony Lawrence, OAM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- 1 2 3 Media Guide Beijing 2008. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2008.
- ↑ Wilde, Kevin (1999-07-17). "Blind judo champion". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "Anthony Clarke, ASM, OAM - Paralympian". e-Bility Pty Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-01-13.
- 1 2 "1998 World Blind Judo Champ - The Final Results". International Judo Federation. 1998-07-19. Retrieved 2006-01-13.
- ↑ "Clarke, Anthony: Australian Sports Medal". It's an Honour. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ Clarke, Anthony (December 1997). Achieving the Impossible. ISBN 0-646-32707-0.
- ↑ Nihil, G. (2006). Australian Institute of Sport : celebrating excellence. Focus Publishing. p. 107. ISBN 1-921156-16-3.
- ↑ IBSA medal tally for Anthony Clarke
- 1 2 "Judo". Blind Sporting Council. Retrieved 2006-01-13.
- ↑ Media Guide - Athens 2004. Sydney: Australian Paralympic Committee. 2004.
External links
- Official website
- Results for Anthony Clarke from the International Paralympic Committee
- Anthony Clarke, ASM, OAM - Paralympian - speaker profile at e-bility.com
- ISBA List of Medals - Anthony Clarke
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