Colin Oates (born 7 June 1983 in

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Judo career

In 2011, Oates won a bronze medal in the 2011 European Championship defeating Pierre Duprat from France and finished fifth in the 2011 World Championship, losing to Musa Mogushkov from Russia in the bronze medal match. Securing qualification to his first Olympic Games in London. Oates competed for

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in the

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in the men's 66 kg judo event. After victories over Australia's Ivo dos Santos and former World Champion

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Oates was beaten in the quarter finals by the eventual gold medallist,

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, being pinned for 15 seconds during "golden score" overtime. He lost again in the

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, who went on to win the bronze medal. Colin became Commonwealth Champion in Glasgow (2014) at under 66 kg defeating Andreas Krassas in the final and two years later in 2016, he won a silver medal at the European Championships in Russia. After London Colin went on to add to his Grand Slam and Grand Prix medals including a Gold in the Baku Grand Slam in 2014 followed by a Silver the following year. Between 2012 and 2016 he was ranked in the top 15 of the world, spending most of that period in the top ten of the world and qualified for his second Olympics in Rio 2016, where he went out in the round of 32. His final major tournament successes came in 2016 and 2017. Competing two weight groups higher than his usual fighting weight, at under 81 kilograms, Colin took gold in both the 2016 British Judo Championships and the English Senior Open. The 2016 victory was the fifth time that he was crowned champion of Great Britain, having previously won the British Judo Championships in 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Author

Colin has co-authored two judo books with his father Howard Oates. * Colin Oates Judo, Getting Started . * Colin Oates Judo: Groundwork . In 2021, Pitch Publishing released a biography (written by father, Howard) about Colin and his rise to glory entitled 'Accidental Olympian: Colin Oates, a Judo journey'.

Personal life

Colin has a brother, David Oates, who is a writer and illustrator of children's books.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oates, Colin 1983 births Living people English male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Great Britain Sportspeople from London People from Harold Wood Commonwealth Games medallists in judo Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games European Games competitors for Great Britain Judoka at the 2015 European Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games