Neil Eckersley (born 5 April 1964) is a retired

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from the United Kingdom, who represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he won a bronze medal in the men's extra-lightweight division (60 kg), alongside USA's Edward "Ed" Liddie.

Judo career

In 1986, he won the silver medal in the 60kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the

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. Bronze Olympic medallist. Olympic British team captain. European medallist. Placed seventh at the world Championships. Winning a bronze medal in the light-weight division (-60 kg) of the 1987 Matsutarō Shoriki cup in Tokyo likely made Eckersley to become the first British male judoka to win a medal during a major international tournament held in Japan. Since December 2014 Eckersley has held the rank of 7th dan awarded by the British Judo Association and International judo Federation. Eckersley holds a Diploma in Sports Coaching from Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh, and in 2005 completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) degree in Sports Studies at St. Martins College, Lancaster, today known as the University of Cumbria. IJF 7 Dan Eckersley is a judo instructor and from 2014 he has been head of the regional program in Judoregion West in Norway and club coach in Sandnes Judo Club. Eckersley is a painter and digital artist and member of Art of the Olympians (AOTO).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eckersley, Neil British male judoka Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain 1964 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics