Colin Oates (born 7 June 1983 in Harold Wood, London) is an English former Judoka.[1][2]
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –66 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 7th (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 5th (2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(2016) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games |  (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Judo career
editIn 2011, Oates won a bronze medal in the 2011 European Championship defeating Pierre Duprat from France and finished fifth in the 2011 World Championship, losing to Musa Mogushkov from Russia in the bronze medal match. Securing qualification to his first Olympic Games in London.
Oates competed for Team GB in the 2012 London Olympics in the men's 66 kg judo event.[3] After victories over Australia's Ivo dos Santos and former World Champion Khashbaataryn Tsagaanbaatar Oates was beaten in the quarter-finals by the eventual gold medallist, Lasha Shavdatuashvili from Georgia, being pinned for 15 seconds during "golden score" overtime. He lost again in the repêchage to Cho Jun-Ho of South Korea, who went on to win the bronze medal.[4]
Colin became Commonwealth Champion in Glasgow (2014) at under 66 kg defeating Andreas Krassas in the final and two years later in 2016, he won a silver medal at the European Championships in Russia. After London Colin went on to add to his Grand Slam and Grand Prix medals including a Gold in the Baku Grand Slam in 2014 followed by a Silver the following year.
Between 2012 and 2016 he was ranked in the top 15 of the world, spending most of that period in the top ten of the world and qualified for his second Olympics in Rio 2016, where he went out in the round of 32. His final major tournament successes came in 2016 and 2017. Competing two weight groups higher than his usual fighting weight, at under 81 kilograms, Colin took gold in both the 2016 British Judo Championships and the English Senior Open. The 2016 victory was the fifth time that he was crowned champion of Great Britain, having previously won the British Judo Championships in 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2014.[5]
Author
editColin has co-authored two judo books with his father Howard Oates.
- Colin Oates Judo, Getting Started ISBN 978-1910773086.[6][7][8]
- Colin Oates Judo: Groundwork ISBN 978-1910773369.[9]
In 2021, Pitch Publishing released a biography (written by father, Howard) about Colin and his rise to glory entitled 'Accidental Olympian: Colin Oates, a Judo journey'. ISBN 978-1785318917
Personal life
editColin has a brother, David Oates, who is a writer and illustrator of children's books.
References
edit- ^ "Colin Oates interview". British Judo Association.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Colin Oates". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Colin Oates". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2012.
- ^ "Colin Oates misses out on Olympics bronze after repechage defeat". www.metro.co.uk. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Judo runs in the blood of this Norfolk family". Diss Mercury.
- ^ "Colin Oates Judo: Getting Started". Bennion Kearny.
- ^ "Colin Oates launches book with father to help fund Rio 2016 dream". Judo Inside.
- ^ "Colin Oates Judo: Groundwork". Bennion Kearny.
External links
edit- Colin Oates at the International Judo Federation
- Colin Oates at JudoInside.com
- Colin Oates at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Colin Oates at Olympics.com
- Colin Oates at Olympedia
- Colin Oates at The-Sports.org