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Full name | David Alan Petherbridge | |||||||||||
Born | 10 September 1927 Swansea, Wales | |||||||||||
Died | 30 July 2020 Sketty, Wales | (aged 92)|||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | |||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||
Rank | 9th dan black belt[1] | |||||||||||
Club | Samurai Judo Club, Swansea | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||
IJF | 54642 | |||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 4981 |
David Alan Petherbridge MBE (10 September 1927 – 30 July 2020)[2] was a British Olympic athlete.[3] He competed in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[4]
Petherbridge was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to judo.[5] In September 2010 he was inducted to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.[6]