Steven Brown (judoka)

Steven Brown
Personal information
Born	4 April 1986 (age 38)
Home town	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Judo
Club	South Australian Judo Academy

Steven Brown (born 4 April 1986) is an Australian judoka who represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2] South Australia's first ever Judo Olympian was defeated by Algeria's Mounir Benamadi in the u/66 kg class. Brown is a former u/66 kg Australian Champion and multiple international medalist.

Brown represented Australia at the World Judo Championships in Paris (2011) and Rio de Janeiro (2013), he was also selected for Tokyo (2010), and Chelyabinsk (2014) but did not compete.

In 2014 Brown represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland - the first South Australian to do so. At the end of this event, Brown announced his retirement from competitive Judo.

He is now the head coach of the South Australian Judo Academy.

He recently won his first professional MMA fight at Diamondback Fighting Championship in October 2016 winning via RNC.^[3]

References

^ "Steve Brown". SA Judo Academy. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ Steve Brown: Olympic first for judo youngster, By Simon Royal, 21 Jun 2008, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
^ "Steve Brown | MMA Fighter Page".

External links

Steven Brown at the International Judo Federation
Steven Brown at JudoInside.com
Steven Brown at Olympics.com
Steven Brown at Olympedia
Steven Brown at the Australian Olympic Committee
Steve Brown at Commonwealth Games Australia
Steve Brown at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)

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[1] "Steve Brown". SA Judo Academy. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[2] Steve Brown: Olympic first for judo youngster, By Simon Royal, 21 Jun 2008, ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

[3] "Steve Brown | MMA Fighter Page".

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