Matthew Jago
Appearance
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Full name | Matthew Etan Jago | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 12 January 1987||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 81 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Tatami Judo Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
World finals | 1 Gold and 1 Silver | ||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 2 Gold 3 silver | ||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | 12 Gold | ||||||||||||||||||||
Highest world ranking | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Etan Jago (born 12 January 1987 in Johannesburg) is a South African judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and silver at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, losing out to Morocco's Safouane Attaf.[2] Won a total of judo Sa Championship 12 gold medals
Jago represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by a waza-ari (half-point) and a seoi-nage (shoulder throw) to Poland's Robert Krawczyk.[3]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matthew Jago". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Staff (14 July 2007). "SA swimmers dominate in Algeria". Mail & Guardian. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
External links
- Matthew Jago at JudoInside.com
- NBC Olympics Profile
Categories:
- South African male judoka
- Living people
- Olympic judoka of South Africa
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Johannesburg
- 1987 births
- African Games bronze medalists for South Africa
- African Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 2007 All-Africa Games
- African judo biography stubs
- South African martial arts biography stubs