Ashley McKenzie
 McKenzie at the Our Greatest Team Parade in September 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Mixed race | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
17 July 1989 Queen's Park, Greater London, England | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Men's 60 kilograms | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ashley McKenzie (born 17 July 1989) is an English judo athlete. He was a member of the Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics competing in the men's 60 kg. He was defeated in the second round by Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan. He also appeared in and made it to the final of Celebrity Big Brother 10 in September 2012.
Personal life
McKenzie was born in Queen’s Park, London. He is mixed-race. He was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).[1]
McKenzie stated that one of the reasons he got into Judo was that when he was 11, he got into a fight from a boy who used Judo moves on him and took his Pokemon Charizard card, so angry and determined to get the card back, he took up Judo and got his card back after beating the boy.[2]
Career
His achievements include winning gold at the British Open, and bronze at the European Junior Championships. He has also held the junior number one ranking in his weight class. Ashley is currently ranked as European senior number one in his weight.
On 15 August 2012, McKenzie entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 reality TV series. After 24 days McKenzie made it to the final and finished in fifth place.[3]
Ashley is managed by the celebrity agent and publicist Jade Reuben.
Achievements
| Commonwealth Games | Scotland | 2014 | Gold |
| World Cup | United Kingdom | 2011 | silver |
| European Cup | Germany | 2011 | Gold |
| World Cup | Poland | 2011 | Gold |
| European U23 Championships | Various | 2011 | |
| Senior British Open | United Kingdom | 2010 | British Champion |
| Senior British Open | United Kingdom | 2009 | British Champion |
| British Judo Association Annual Awards | United Kingdom | 2009 | British Junior Male of the Year |
| U23 European Championships | Various | 2009 | Bronze |
| Senior British Open | United Kingdom | 2008 | British Champion |
| European Junior Championships | Various | 2007 | Bronze |
References
- ↑ "Olympic 'bad boy' Ashley McKenzie says judo saved him". BBC. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ "Team GB star McKenzie took up judo after fight over Pokemon card". dailymail.co.uk. 23 July 2012.
- ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s150/celebrity-big-brother/news/a404634/ashley-mckenzie-comes-fifth-in-celebrity-big-brother.html
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