Matthew Jago Explained

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Matthew Etan Jago
Fullname:Matthew Etan Jago
Birth Date:12 January 1987
Birth Place:Johannesburg, South Africa
Weight:810NaN0
Sport:Judo
Event:81 kg
Club:Tatami Judo Club
Worlds:1 Gold and 1 Silver
Regionals:2 Gold 3 silver
Nationals:12 Gold
Highestranking:19
Show-Medals:yes

Matthew Etan Jago (born 12 January 1987 in Johannesburg) is a South African judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.[1] He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and silver at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, losing out to Morocco's Safouane Attaf.[2] He won a total of judo Sa Championship 12 gold medals.

Jago represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg). He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by a waza-ari (half-point) and a seoi-nage (shoulder throw) to Poland's Robert Krawczyk.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Matthew Jago. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418084117/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/matthew-jago-1.html. dead. 18 April 2020. 29 December 2012.
  2. News: Staff. SA swimmers dominate in Algeria. Mail & Guardian. 14 July 2007. 29 December 2012.
  3. Web site: Men's Half Middleweight (81kg/178 lbs) Preliminaries. NBC Olympics. 29 December 2012.