Talk:Anthony Clarke (judoka)

1998/1999 Australian Champion?
I am going to remove these references. Although Tony took part in the Australian National Judo Championships on a number of occasions, he never won. In 1998, the u/90 kg was won by Gavin Kelly and, in 1999, it was Chris Palmer. Peter phelps (talk) 03:56, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
 * That looks fair enough&mdash;unfortunately the ref I added in 2007 is now a dead link. Perhaps the detail originally came from his webpage. a 2000 govt press release indicates he had the top ranking in Australia, rather than winning the national event. This is sort of backed up by this ABC story. this one states that in 1998 he was the "third best player" and in the world top ten. this news story claims that he "is a five-time national champion for his weight division" but I can't tell if they are talking about a ranking or single event. this news article has him as "national champion". I can see a release here that he got to 4dan as well. There is certainly some form of acknowledged status in 98/99 but exactly what is confused by journalistic inexactness. Personally I just remember being at the wrong end of his Seoi nage during randori....never got good enough to face him in competition. - Peripitus (Talk) 06:26, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Potential sources
Paralympics Officials short-sighted, says blind judo star, Advertiser, The (Adelaide, Australia) - Thursday, September 11, 2008, Author: RAY CHESTERTON, BEIJING, Edition: 1 - State, Section: Sport, Page: 087, Record Number: ADV_T-20080911-1-087-919619. Quote from article: PARALYMPIC judo gold medallist Anthony Clarke has been blind since a car accident 30 years ago. He says, however, he still can see further and more clearly than administrators he fought for two years to win a place in the Australian Olympic team. He says intolerance and discrimination stopped him being accepted for the Olympic trials for Beijing. ``It was just illogical,'' he said. ``I fought sighted guys all my life and it's never been a problem. I've won five Australian championships and a couple of Masters titles and they were all against men who could see. … Clarke, a gold medallist in Atlanta, failed to make the medal rounds in Beijing and retired to concentrate on public speaking. --LauraHale (talk) 09:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Blind judo champion in human rights trial, Advertiser, The (Adelaide, Australia) - Wednesday, March 14, 2007, Author: SEAN FEWSTER, COURT REPORTER, Edition: 1 - State, Section: News, Page: 024, Record Number: ADV_T-20070314-1-024-558517 Quote: A TOP international sporting body is set to be taken to trial, accused of violating the human rights of a blind Adelaide man. Paralympics gold medallist Anthony Clarke will call on witnesses, including an Olympic judo coach, to prove he can compete with able-bodied martial artists. He claims the Oceania Judo Union banned him from its 2005 world tournament and cost him a spot at next year's Beijing Olympics. --LauraHale (talk) 09:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

He's blind and a black belt, Sunday Territorian (Darwin, Australia) - Sunday, May 20, 2001, Author: GREY MORRIS, Edition: 1, Section: Sport, Page: 051, Record Number: NTN-20010520-1-051-116945V9 Quote: Judo exponent Anthony Clarke is the king of the castle in his chosen sport at Arafura 2001 -- and he does it all without seeing his opponent. Clarke is totally blind and fights with his guide dog watching from the stands. A gold medallist at the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics, Clarke is expected to dominate the under-100kg division at the games. --LauraHale (talk) 09:59, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

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