Brandan Alan Greczkowski (born July 18, 1977, in
Norwich, Connecticut
Norwich ( ) (also called "The Rose of New England") is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The Yantic, Shetucket, and Quinebaug Rivers flow into the city and form its harbor, from which the Thames River flows south to Long ...
) is an American former
judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
ka who was a three time U.S. champion and finished 7th at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
.
In addition to his three U.S. championships, he finished second once and third twice. He also won two bronze medals at the Pan-American championships. At the 2000 Summer Olympics He won three matches and lost two. His losses were to three time Olympic champion
Tadahiro Nomura
is one of the most famous judo competitors in Japan. He is the only judoka in the world who has won three individual Olympic gold medals in a row, all in the extra lightweight (-60 kg) division.
Biography
Nomura was born into a family of ...
and bronze medalist
Aidyn Smagulov
Aidyn Smagulov ( kk, Айдын Смағұлов; born 1 December 1976) is a Kyrgyz and Kazakh judoka. He won the Kazakhstan championship in 1996 and went on to win the bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the men's extra lightweight ( ...
.
[retrieved November 12, 2022]
References
1977 births
Living people
American male judoka
Olympic judoka of the United States
Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics
People from Putnam, Connecticut
Sportspeople from Windham County, Connecticut
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