Sam Delahay

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Sam Delahay
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1979-12-30) 30 December 1979 (age 43)
Occupation Judoka
Sport
Sport Judo
Weight class –100 kg
Medal record
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester -100kg
Profile at external databases
JudoInside.com 310

Sam Delahay (born 30 December 1979) is a former British judoka, who won a silver medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. [1] [2]

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Judo career

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, Cousins won the silver medal in the under 100kg category, in the gold medal match he was defeated by Canada's Nicolas Gill. [3] [4]

He is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 1997 and the half-heavyweight title in 2001 and 2002. [5] [6]

Personal life

His brother Joe Delahay is also a British judoka [7] who was British champion at heavyweight in 2006.

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References

  1. "Sam Delahay profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  2. "Sam Delahay". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  3. "Gill completes medal set". BBC. August 2002. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. "Judo: Rogers in mood to party". Manchester Evening News. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  5. "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  7. "Roberts Wins Gold, Howey Takes Bronze in last UK fight". Sport Focus. Retrieved 20 August 2022.