Ben Quilter (born 8 October 1981) is a British

paralympic The Paralympic Games or Paralympics, also known as the ''Games of the Paralympiad'', is a periodic series of international multisport events involving athletes with a range of physical disabilities, including impaired muscle power and impaire ...

judoka. He represented Great Britain at the

2008 Summer Paralympics The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games (), the 13th Summer Paralympic Games, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao. It was ...

and the

2012 Summer Paralympics The 2012 Summer Paralympics, branded as the London 2012 Paralympic Games, were an international multi-sport parasports event held from 29 August to 9 September 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. They were the 14th Summer Paralympic Gam ...

. Born in

Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...

, Quilter is visually impaired after developing

Stargardt disease Stargardt disease is the most common inherited single-gene retinal disease. In terms of the first description of the disease, it follows an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, which has been later linked to bi-allelic ABCA4 gene variants (S ...

in 1992. In 2012 at the 2012 Summer Paralympics, he won a bronze medal in the under 60 kg men's category.

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1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Brighton British male judoka Paralympic martial artists for Great Britain Paralympic bronze medalists for Great Britain Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in judo Paralympic judoka for Great Britain 20th-century British people 21st-century British people {{UK-judo-bio-stub

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