Euan Burton
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –81 kg, –90 kg, –100 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | 7th (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. |
( 2007, 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. |
( 2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commonwealth Games | (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IJF | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 6672 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 25 July 2023. |
Euan Michael Burton
Biography
Burton was born in
Burton won the Scottish National Championship in 2000 before winning his first two championships of Great Britain, winning the half-middleweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2002 and 2003.[4][5]
Burton won a bronze medal at the
In 2012, Burton won his third British National title at the heavier weight of middleweight[1] but then reverted back to half-middleweight for a second appearance at the Olympic Games. Following the Games he then concentrated his efforts as a development coach for JudoScotland.
Burton was named Scotland's flagbearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[6] At the Games, Burton the won gold medal in the –100 kg category. Burton later announced his retirement and return to full-time coaching.[citation needed]
Burton was appointed
References
- ^ a b c "Euan Burton profile". Judo Inside. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "Euan Burton judo". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Euan Burton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "British Championships - Event results". Judo Inside. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- ^ McGinty, Stephen (21 July 2014). "Euan Burton named as Commonwealth Games flag bearer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N17.
- ^ "2015 New Year Honours List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015.
External links
- Euan Burton at the International Judo Federation
- Euan Burton at JudoInside.com
- Euan Burton at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Euan Burton at Olympics.com
- Euan Burton at Olympedia
- Euan Burton at Team GB
- Euan Burton at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Euan Burton at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Euan Burton at The-Sports.org