Justin Karn (born June 16, 1981) is a Canadian
judoka
is an unarmed 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 Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
who represented Canada in
Judo at the 2012
Paralympics
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in the -60 kg category. He was eliminated from the tournament in
repêchage due to disqualification by penalties (four ''shido'' leading to ''hansoku make'') in his match against South Korea's Min-Jae Lee. Karn has been competing in Judo for around 18 years, and in 2011 won bronze in the -60 kg category of the
Parapan American Games
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.
He was born with
aniridia
Aniridia is the absence of the iris, a muscular structure that opens and closes the pupil to allow light into the eye. It is also responsible for eye color. Without it, the central eye appears all black. It can be congenital, in which both eye ...
, an eye condition that left him without irises, and also has
astigmatism and mutated
corneas in both eyes.
See also
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Judo in Ontario
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Ontario since 1942.
History
Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbi ...
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Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
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List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
References
External links
Video
Canadian Paralympic Committee "Super Athlete" profile of Karn with two videos(
CPC on YouTube)
1981 births
Canadian male judoka
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Paralympics
Living people
Medalists at the 2011 Parapan American Games
Paralympic judoka for Canada
Sportspeople from Guelph
20th-century Canadian people
21st-century Canadian people
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