Christodoulos Christodoulides

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Christodoulos Christodoulides
Personal information
Born (1976-08-22) 22 August 1976 (age 47)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Sport Judo
Rank      5th dan black belt
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Christodoulos Christodoulides (born August 22, 1976 [1] ) is a Cypriot judoka who won the silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. In the final he was defeated by the Australian Tom Hill. He also represented Cyprus at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 73 kg class, but was eliminated by the Portuguese João Neto in the first round. Over his career, he won seven gold medals (two of them as part of a team) for Cyprus in the Games of the Small States of Europe: in 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2009.

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He was placed 5th and 7th in the Mediterranean Games 1997 and 2001, 7th in the 2003 European Judo Championships in Maribor, Slovenia, and 9th in the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan. In 2004, he was 11th placed in the World Rank List for 73kg men.

He is now 5th IJF Dan and he is the Technical Director of the Cyprus Judo Federation.[ citation needed ]

Achievements

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YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2003 European Judo Championships 7thLightweight (73 kg)
2002 Commonwealth Games 2ndLightweight (73 kg)

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References

  1. "Christodoulos Christodoulides Judoka". JudoInside. Retrieved 2024-07-19.