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| Full name | David Alan Petherbridge | |||||||||||
| Born | 10 September 1927 Swansea, Wales | |||||||||||
| Died | 30 July 2020 (aged 92) Sketty, Wales | |||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||
| Club | Samurai Judo Club, Swansea | |||||||||||
Medal record
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David Alan Petherbridge MBE (10 September 1927 – 30 July 2020)[1] was a British Olympic athlete.[2] He competed in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo.[3]
Petherbridge was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1997 Birthday Honours for services to judo.[4] In September 2010 he was inducted to the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.[5]
References
- ↑ "Alan Mbe Petherbridge". funeral-notices.co.uk.
- ↑ "Alan Petherbridge". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ↑ "Alan Petherbridge". British Judo. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- ↑ United Kingdom list: "No. 54794". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1997. p. 21.
- ↑ Welsh Sports Hall of Fame Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Alan Petherbridge at Team GB (archive)
- Alan Petherbridge at Olympics.com
- Alan Petherbridge at JudoInside.com
- Alan Petherbridge ThisIsSouthWales 23-10-08
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