Neil Eckersley

Neil Eckersley (born 5 April 1964) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won the bronze medal in the men's extra-lightweight division (– 60 kg), alongside USA's Edward "Ed" Liddie

Neil Eckersley
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's Judo
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Extra Lightweight

Bronze Olympic medallist. Olympic British team captain. European medallist. Placed seventh at the world Championships. Winning a bronze medal in the light-weight division (-60 kg) of the 1987 Matsutarō Shoriki cup in Tokyo[1] likely made Eckersley to become the first British male judoka to win a medal during a major international tournament held in Japan. Since December 2014 Eckersley has held the rank of 7th dan awarded by the British Judo Association and International judo Federation.[2] Eckersley holds a Diploma in Sports Coaching from Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh, and in 2005 completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) degree in Sports Studies at St. Martins College, Lancaster, today known as the University of Cumbria. IJF 7 Dan

Eckersley is a judo instructor and from 2014 he has been head of the regional program in Judoregion West in Norway and club coach in Sandnes Judo Club.

Eckersley is a painter and digital artist and member of Art of the Olympians (AOTO).[3]

References
  1. "Matsutaro Shoriki Cup Tokyo - Event". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  2. "BJA Dan Grade Register". britishjudo.org.uk. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  3. "Art of the Olympians | Neil Eckersley". artoftheolympians.org. Retrieved 25 March 2016.


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