Martin Kelly (judoka)

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Martin Kelly
Personal information
Full nameMartin James Kelly
NationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (1973-02-20) 20 February 1973 (age 50)
Warburton, Victoria, Australia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s)100 kg
ClubKido Mingara Judo Academy
Coached byPete Acciari
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 100 kg

Martin James Kelly (born 20 February 1973 in Warburton, Victoria) is an Australian judoka, who competed in the men's half-heavyweight category. [1] He held six Australian titles in his own division, picked up a total of nineteen medals in his career, including a bronze from the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, and represented his nation Australia at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [2] Throughout his sporting career, Kelly trained full-time for the senior team at Kido-Mingarra Judo Academy in Tuggerah, New South Wales, under head coach and sensei Pete Acciari. [3]

Kelly reached the pinnacle of his sporting career in an international level at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, where he shared bronze medals with Mauritian judoka and 1996 Olympian Antonio Félicité in the men's 100-kg division. [2] [4] [5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kelly qualified for the Australian squad in the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg), by topping the field of judoka and receiving a berth from the Oceania Championships in Noumea, New Caledonia. [6] [7] Kelly opened his match with a brilliant ippon victory and an uki waza (floating drop) over Barbados' Barry Kirk Jackman, before he was easily beaten by his next opponent and reigning Olympic champion Kosei Inoue of Japan, who threw him down the tatami with uchi mata (inner thigh throw) at one minute and twenty-four seconds. [8] [9]

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