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Peter Cousins won bronze in the –100kg
weight category on the final day of the 2006 European Judo Championships,
in Tampere Finland - taking the final British medal tally at the
Championships to four.
The 25-year-old took
his place on the medal rostrum the hard way. Having lost his second
match against Ariel Zeevi of Israel he came through the repechage
before finally defeating current Olympic Champion Ihar Makarau
of Belarus in the bronze medal final.
The medal for the former
Junior European Champion came in the weight category above his
usual –90kg spot.
Also on Sunday Michelle
Rogers narrowly missed out on a medal in the –78kg weight category,
finishing in 5 th place. And Karina Bryant was unable to retain
her European title, finishing in 7 th place, after being knocked
out of the repechage by Maryna Prokofyeva of the Ukraine.
The final medal tally of
four means that Great Britain finished third in the overall medal
table - behind France in first place and Russia in second.
Sunday marked the end of
a successful Championships for the Brits, which crowned two new
British European Champions. Craig Fallon won gold on day one in
the –60kg weight category and Sarah Clark won the –63kg title
on day two - the first time in ten years that Britain has had
more that one European Champion at the same time.
The first bronze medal
of the Championships was won by Winston Gordon in the –90kg weight
category Saturday. The-27-year-old won his first European medal
after beating Krzysztof Weglarz of Poland in the repechage final.
Colin McIver, British Judo
Performance Director said, “It was the best performance by a British
team at a European Championships in ten years.
“It saw great performances
from the British team, not only from those who medalled, but across
the entire squad.
“We must now concentrate
on building on this success as we go forward into next year for
the Olympic qualification period for Beijing”
Full Team
Women:
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Category:
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Selected:
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Home
Town |
Club
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Personal
Coach |
Date
of Birth |
- 52
kgs |
Sophie
Johnstone |
Brighton
|
Bridgeview
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Mark
Earle |
23/8/84
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-57kg
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Faith
Pitman |
Harlow
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Camberley
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Mark
Earle |
4/5/1985
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- 63
kgs |
Sarah
Clark |
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Billy
Cusack |
31/1/78
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- 70
kgs |
Samantha
Lowe |
Ovington
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Camberley
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Mark
Earle |
20/1/82
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- 78
kgs |
Michelle
Rogers |
Swinton,
Manchester |
Whitburn
/SIS |
Darcel
Yandzi |
21/06/76
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+ 78
kgs |
Karina
Bryant |
Aldershot
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Camberley
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Mark
Earle |
27/1/79
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Men:
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- 60
kgs |
Craig
Fallon |
Wolverhampton
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Hardy
Spicer 83 |
Fitzroy
Davies |
18/12/82
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- 66
kgs |
Colin
Oates |
North
Lopham, Norfolk |
Kumo
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Howard
Oates |
7/6/83
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- 73
kgs |
Matthew
Purssey |
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Billy
Cusack |
23/2/81
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- 81
kgs |
Euan
Burton |
Edinburgh
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Edinburgh
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Billy
Cusack |
31/3/79
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- 90
kgs |
Winston
Gordon |
London
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Budokwai
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Eric
Bonti |
9/11/76
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- 100
kgs |
Peter
Cousins |
Harlow
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JSC
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John
Cottis |
3/3/81
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