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- Achievements
- References
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{{short description|British judoka}}{{MedalTableTop}}{{MedalSport |Men's judo}}{{MedalCompetition | European Championships}}{{MedalGold |1994 Gdansk | 78 kg}}{{MedalBronze |1996 The Hague | 86 kg}}{{MedalBottom}}Ryan Birch (5 April 1969[1] – 19 March 2013) was a British judoka, representing Great Britain in two Olympic Games[2] and winning the European Championship in 1994. He was born in Kingston upon Hull. On retiring from sport, he went on to become a pilot. He married Rowena Sweatman (who also won the European judo gold medal in 1994) and had two children. He was killed in a road accident in The Bahamas.[3]AchievementsYear | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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1999 | European Judo Championships | 3rd | Middleweight (86 kg) | 2000 | European Judo Championships | 5th | Half middleweight (78 kg) | 2001 | European Judo Championships | 1st | Half middleweight (78 kg) |
References1. ^{{cite web|title=BJA Profiles|url=http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/media/webProfiles/Ex%20International/Ryan%20Birch.pdf|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112033650/http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/media/webProfiles/Ex%20International/Ryan%20Birch.pdf|archivedate=2011-11-12|df=}} 2. ^{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bi/ryan-birch-1.html |title=Ryan Birch Olympic Results |accessdate=28 May 2018}} 3. ^Ryan Birch's obituary
External links- Ryan Birch's obituary
- The British Judo Association Reports{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Birch, Ryan}}{{UK-judo-bio-stub}} 8 : 1969 births|Sportspeople from Kingston upon Hull|2013 deaths|British male judoka|Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics|Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics|Olympic judoka of Great Britain|Road incident deaths in the Bahamas |