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  1. Career

  2. References

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Craig Andrew Fallon (born 18 December 1982) is a British former judoka.

Career

In September 2005, Fallon won the -60 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships in Cairo, beating Ludwig Paischer in the final. He became only the third British male to win a world title, following Neil Adams in 1981 and Graeme Randall in 1999.

In 2006 he went on to become European champion in Tampere, Finland in the -60 kg weight category beating Armen Nazaryan in the final. He is only the second male British judoka besides Neil Adams to simultaneously hold both a World and European title.

On Saturday 22 September 2007 Fallon went on to win The 2007 Men's World Cup in the -60 kg at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, he was the only Brit to win a medal at the Olympic ranking event.

His first main coach was Bill Kelly.

In 2012 the former Wolverhampton Judo Club ace was inducted into the Wolverhampton Sporting Hall of Fame.[1]

In 2017 Craig Fallon signed a contract as head coach of the Federal Judo Association of Vorarlberg, Austria.[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/council/news/2012/september/100912a.htm|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121006031153/http%3A//www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/council/news/2012/september/100912a.htm|dead-url=yes|archive-date=6 October 2012|title=More sporting heroes prepare to enter city’s Hall of Fame|publisher=Wolverhampton City Council|accessdate=17 March 2013}}
2. ^http://www.vol.at/weltmeister-fallon-hilft-judo-auf-die-spruenge/5276915

External links

  • Fallon gets biggest kicks from chasing glory, Michael Phillips, Tuesday 20 July 2004, The Guardian
  • Fallon is crowned world champion, Sunday 11 September 2005, BBC
  •  , Wednesday 10 May 2017, Judo Vorarlberg
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11 : 1982 births|Living people|English male judoka|Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic judoka of Great Britain|Sportspeople from Ipswich|Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England|Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|World judo champions|Commonwealth Games medallists in judo

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