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The 2009 VI European Championships
in Debrecen, Hungary at the weekend has proven to be the most
successful ever for the British team.
The entire squad, both
the senior and junior, medalled, scooping an astounding three
silver and two bronze medals.
Brothers Joe and Sam Ingram returned
with a silver and bronze. Paralympic bronze medallist Sam
breezed through his first round beating Inigo Gerboles of Spain.
But in the in the semi final the Brit couldnt get past Russian
Paralympic gold medallist Oleg Kretsul leaving the Edinburgh Judo
Club fighter to face Oleska Pominov of Ukraine in the repechage.
Sam won the fight, which awarded him the bronze medal and the
second European medal of his career.
Joe achieved his best
result since returning to the sport after a two year gap by winning
a silver medal. Joe, competing in the -100kg category, had a bye
in the first round. The second round saw him overpower Gerald
Rollo of France, and then beat Antoly Vlasov of Russia in the
third round to put him into the final against Karim Sardarov of
Azerbaijan. Joe fought well, but couldn’t get past the Beijing
Paralympic silver medallist, and had to settle for silver.
Also winning silver, -60kg fighter
Ben Quilter took his fourth European Championship medal. Quilter
beat Jeyhun Muradov of Azerbaijan, Yasin Onel of Turkey and Ihor
Zasyadkovych of Ukraine in the preliminary rounds, before losing
to Paralympic bronze medallist Ramin Ibrahimov in the final.
Darren Harris, who last
medalled at this event in 2007, when he won silver, took bronze.
He had a bye in the first round and went on to beat Antonio Lopez
of Spain in the second round. He lost to Nukh Salikhov of Russia,
but beat IIkin Alishov of Azerbaijan in the bronze medal fight.
Daniel Powell travelled
with the senior delegation to compete in the 2009World Youth Games
held alongside the European Championships. Powell beat Japanese
judoka Norimasa Kawasora in the first round, and Gzego Jankovski
in the second round. In the final the 18-year-old lost against
Joan Bagur of Spain to take silver and his first medal at this
level.
Commenting on the team’s
performance, Dave Sanders Paralympic Programme Manager and Head
of Delegation for the VI squad said, “I am absolutely delighted
with the team’s fantastic results and excellent individual performances.
Every player excelled themselves throughout the competition resulting
in a clean sweep of five players and five medals – a feat never
achieved before.
“It is great to see such
exceptional results at such a tough competition and it is an absolute
credit to those players dedication, commitment and hard work and
indeed each of those players support networks”.
RESULTS SENIOR
EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS:
-60kg Ben Quilter - silver
-66kg Darren Harris - bronze
-90kg Samuel Ingram - bronze
-100kg Joseph Ingram - silver
RESULTS WORLD YOUTH GAMES:
-73kg - Daniel Powell - silver
Ben Quilter
with his silver medal
Media Contact:
Nicola Turner
British
Judo Associtaion
(t) 01509
631695
nicolaturner@britishjudo.org.uk
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