Paul Radburn (born 23 May 1955) is a British

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ka. He competed at the

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and the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

Judo career

Radburn became a champion of Great Britain, winning the light-heavyweight division at the

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in 1976. The following year he won a bronze medal at the

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in Ludwigshafen and he followed up this success by repeating the bronze medal success at the

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in Brussels; the latter was in the open weight category He was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. He competed in the men's +95 kg category and just missed out on medal after reaching the semi-finals and losing in the repechage final to

Vladimír Kocman Vladimír Kocman (born 5 April 1956 in České Budějovice) is a Czech former judoka who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 19 ...

. Four years later he went to his second Olympic Games, participating in the men's open category, which was held at the California State University in Los Angeles, where he failed to progress from Pool B.

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1955 births Living people British male judoka Olympic judoka for Great Britain Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Martial artists from London {{UK-judo-bio-stub