Honorific Suffix: | MBE |
Full Name: | David Colin Starbrook |
Birth Place: | Croydon, South London, UK |
Height: | 185 cm |
Country: | Great Britain |
Weight Class: | 80 kg, 93 kg |
Club: | Renshuden Judo Club, London |
Worlds Rank: | 3 |
Worlds Year: | 1971 |
Worlds Year2: | 1973 |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 2 |
Regionals Year: | 1973 |
Olympics Rank: | 2 |
Olympics Year: | 1972 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's 93 kg |
Updated: | 21 June 2023 |
David Colin (Colon) Starbrook MBE (born 9 August 1945) is a British retired judoka. Between 1972 and 1976 he won two silver and five bronze medals at the Olympic Games, world and European championships. Starbrook has 4 children: Joanne, Sam, Leon, and Emily.
Starbrook took up judo at the late age of 19. He is the author of the book Judo, Starbrook style. He lives in France where he continues to practise and coach judo. His son, Leon, is also a judoka. In November 2007 at the Judo World Cup in Birmingham he was awarded his 9th Dan by Densign White, chairman of the British Judo Association.