Duncan Vignale

{{Short description|Canadian judoka}}

{{Infobox judoka

|name=Duncan Vignale

| birth_place = Mimico, Ontario{{cite podcast |url=https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/vibe-and-vegas-show-duncan-vignale-part-one/ |title=Duncan Vignale – Part One |website=The Dr. Vibe Show (podcast) |date=14 March 2010 |time=0:37 |access-date=29 June 2021}}

|country=Canada

|sport=Judo

| dan = 8

| coach = {{ubl|Frank Hatashita|Masao Takahashi|Mits Tanino|Katsuyoshi Takata{{cite web |title=Instructors |url=http://www.rhcentreformartialarts.com/instructors/ |website=Centre for Martial Arts |access-date=30 June 2021}}}}

|club={{ubl|Tanino Judo Club|Centre for Martial Arts}}

}}

Duncan Vignale is a Canadian judoka who has played a significant role in the development of judo in Canada and especially Ontario. He has held several important positions such as President of Judo Ontario and Vice-President of Judo Canada, coached the Ontario judo team, and served as a kata judge for the International Judo Federation. He won the Syl Apps Special Achievement Award in 2011, was made a Lifetime Member of Judo Ontario in 2013, and is one of just seventeen Canadian judoka to achieve the rank of hachidan (eighth dan).{{cite web |title=Instructors |url=http://www.rhcentreformartialarts.com/instructors/ |website=Centre for Martial Arts |access-date=30 June 2021}}{{cite web |title=Special Achievements |url=http://mail.judoontario.ca/awards_recognition/special_achievements |website=Judo Ontario |access-date=30 June 2021}}{{cite book |last1=Gill |first1=Nicolas |last2=Leyshon |first2=Glynn |title=Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada |date=2019 |publisher=Marcel Broquet |location=Montreal |page=181|edition=Second}} Vignale was also selected as an alternate to Doug Rogers for the 1964 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Instructors |url=http://www.rhcentreformartialarts.com/instructors/ |website=Centre for Martial Arts |access-date=30 June 2021}}{{cite podcast |url=https://www.thedrvibeshow.com/vibe-and-vegas-show-duncan-vignale-part-two-you-have-to-put-pork-chops-on-the-table/|title=Duncan Vignale – Part Two – “You Have To Put Pork Chops On The Table”|website=The Dr. Vibe Show|date=27 March 2010}}