Craig Fallon

Craig Fallon

Personal information
Birth name	Craig
Full name	Craig Fallon
Nationality	British
Born	(1982-12-18) 18 December 1982 Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Judo
Medal record Men's Judo Representing United Kingdom World Championships 2005 Cairo -60 kg 2003 Osaka -60 kg

Craig Andrew Fallon (born in Ipswich on 18 December 1982) is a British former judoka.

Career

In September 2005, Fallon won the -60 kg weight class at the World Judo Championships in Cairo, beating Ludwig Paischer in the final. He became only the third British male to win a world title, following Neil Adams in 1981 and Graeme Randall in 1999.

In 2006 he went on to become European champion in Tampere, Finland in the -60 kg weight category beating Armen Nazaryan in the final. He is only the second male British judoka besides Neil Adams to simultaneously hold both a World and European title.

On Saturday 22 September 2007 Fallon went on to win The 2007 Men's World Cup in the -60 kg at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, he was the only Brit to win a medal at the Olympic ranking event.

His first main coach was Bill Kelly.

In 2012 the former Wolverhampton Judo Club ace was inducted into the Wolverhampton Sporting Hall of Fame.

External links

• Fallon gets biggest kicks from chasing glory, Michael Phillips, Tuesday 20 July 2004, The Guardian
• Fallon is crowned world champion, Sunday 11 September 2005, BBC