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Nationality | British | |||||||||||
Born | (1957-09-19) 19 September 1957 (age 67) | |||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | |||||||||||
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JudoInside.com | 4901 | |||||||||||
Christopher Bowles (born 19 September 1957) is a British judoka. He competed in the men's half-middleweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Judo career
Bowles became champion of Great Britain, winning the light-middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1979. The following year he won a silver medal at the 1980 European Judo Championships in Vienna, competing in the under 71kg division he lost the gold medal match to Nicolae Vlad of Romania.
In 1980, he was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Summer Olympics, competing in the men's 78 kg division he failed to progress from Pool A after losing his second match to Bernard Tchoullouyan.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christopher Bowles Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- "Chris Bowles profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
External links
- Chris Bowles at JudoInside.com
- Chris Bowles at Olympedia
- Chris Bowles at Team GB
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