Matthew Purssey
{{Short description|British judoka (born 1981)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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| weight_class = –73 kg, –81 kg, –90 kg
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| worlds_year = 2003
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2014 Glasgow|Men's 90 kg}}
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{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 2000 Nicosia | –73 kg }}
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Matthew Purssey (born 23 February 1981) is a British judoka.{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/8369/Matthew_Purssey/judo-career|title=Matthew Purssey profile |website=Judo Inside |access-date=16 August 2022}}
Judo career
Purssey is a six times champion of Great Britain, winning titles in the lightweight, half-middleweight and middleweight divisions at the British Judo Championships in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2011.{{cite web|url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/search?EventSearch%5Btype%5D=4&EventSearch%5Bname%5D=&EventSearch%5Byear%5D=&EventSearch%5Bcity%5D=&EventSearch%5Bcountry%5D=ENG&yt0=Hajime&q=&q1=&EventSearch%5Btype%5D=&EventSearch%5Bname%5D=british+championship&EventSearch%5Byear%5D=&EventSearch%5Bcity%5D=&EventSearch%5Bcountry%5D=&yt0=Hajime&q=&q1=|title=British Championships - Event results |website=Judo Inside |access-date=16 August 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.britishjudo.org.uk/my-judo/competition-organisation/results/|title=British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present |website=British Judo |access-date=16 August 2022}}
=Other achievements=
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| 2006 | European Judo Championships
|align="center" | 5th | Lightweight (73 kg) |
- Three time British Open Champion
- 3rd place 2008 World Cup, Drammen, Norway
- 3rd place 2007 Super World Cup, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 9th place 2003 World Championships, Osaka, Japan
Personal life
His brother Jonathan Purssey also won a British Championships title in 2008.{{cite web|url=https://www.getreading.co.uk/sport/other-sport/six-best-pinewood-shine-great-4246544|title=Six of the best as Pinewood shine in Great Britain trials|website=Get Reading|access-date=16 August 2022}}
References
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External links
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Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in judo
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Scotland
Category:Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century British sportsmen
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