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Daniel "Danny" Williams (born 20 April 1989, in
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury ( , also ) is a market town, civil parish, and the county town of Shropshire, England, on the River Severn, north-west of London; at the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,782. The town's name can be pronounced as either 'Sh ...
) is a British judoka.


Judo career

Williams became champion of Great Britain, winning the lightweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2011. The following year he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
and was eliminated by
Rasul Boqiev Rasul Boqiev (also spelled as Rasul Bokiev ( tg, Расул Боқиев); born 29 September 1982) is a Tajikistani judoka who competes in the -73 kg (lightweight) category. He has won bronze medal at the Judo World Championships and a bro ...
in the second round. He won the gold medal in the 73 kg category at the
2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
in Scotland.


References

1989 births Living people British male judoka Olympic judoka of Great Britain Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{UK-judo-bio-stub