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Matthew Purssey (born 23 February 1981) is a British
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Judo career

Purssey is a six times champion of Great Britain, winning titles in the lightweight, half-middleweight and middleweight divisions at the British Judo Championships in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2011.


Other achievements

*Three time British Open Champion *3rd place 2008 World Cup, Drammen, Norway *3rd place 2007 Super World Cup, Rotterdam, Netherlands *9th place 2003 World Championships, Osaka, Japan


Personal life

His brother Jonathan Purssey also won a British Championships title in 2008.


References


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* 1981 births Living people British male judoka Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games {{UK-judo-bio-stub