Mark Anthony (born 13 October 1989 in
Malang
Malang (; ) is a landlocked List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of Singhasari, Singhasari Kingdom. It is the second most popul ...
,
Indonesia
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) is an Australian
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"). ...
.
He lives in
Geelong
Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...
,
Australia
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.
He competed in the
– 81kg event at the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in Beijing and lost his first match against
Mario Valles
Mario Antonio Valles Velásquez (born February 3, 1977 in Dagua, Valle del Cauca) is a male judoka from Colombia, who won the bronze medal in the men's half middleweight division (– 81 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo D ...
.
[ Four years later, he took part in the – 90 kg tournament at the ]2012 Summer Olympics
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and lost in the repechage to Ilias Iliadis
Ilias Iliadis ( el, Ηλίας Ηλιάδης, born Jarji Zviadauri, ka, ჯარჯი ზვიადაური, on 10 November 1986) is a Georgian-born Greek judoka. He was named the 2014 Greek Male Athlete of the Year.
He won a gold me ...
.[London 2012 personal details]
He has been Australian Judo Champion on four occasions.
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1989 births
Living people
Australian male judoka
Olympic judoka for Australia
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia
Sportspeople from Malang
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