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Jack Hodgson

Jack's Bio

Jack started judo at the age of 7. When he was young he moved around a lot due to being part of a military family and judo was a way to keep some sort of constant at each of the camps. Fast forward a few years and a relative degree of success at pre-cadet and cadet level judo both nationally and abroad, Jack and his parents began to notice changes in his vision. Jack was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called ‘retinitis pigmentosa’ or ‘ushers syndrome’ as Jack also suffers from hearing loss.

Before the 2012 Games Jack was barely aware of the existence of Paralympic sport, let alone Paralympic Judo, so to have the Paralympic movement boom around the time he was transitioning into a classified category in his sport was a huge inspiration in terms of continuity in judo!

Since then Jack has not looked back and has moved away from home to train full time with the country’s best Olympic and Paralympic hopefuls at the British Judo National Training Centre. In 2016 he was selected for his first Paralympic Games in Rio and has won both World and European medals.

Jack has had a lot of ups and downs in judo, yet continues to love the path and journey that he and his team-mates are on. Going into Tokyo Jack finds himself currently ranked world number 6 in the world rankings, which is an achievement in itself as the past few years have seen him suffer multiple injuries and setbacks. Despite these setbacks Jack has no regrets about his journey and will continue to be the best he can be in the sport that he loves.

  • dob 30/09/1996
  • Category +90kg
  • grade 1st Dan
  • club Grimsby judo club
  • hometown Grimbsy
  • areaN/A
  • coach Terry Altoft
RESULTS
Global Championships
EventYearPosition
IBSA European Championships – Rotterdam20234th
Tokyo Paralympic Games2020
IBSA European Championships – Genoa2019Bronze
IBSA World Championships – Lisbon2018
IBSA European Championships – Walsall20175th
Rio Paralympic Games20167th
IBSA World Games – Seoul2015Silver
IBSA World Junior Championships – Eger2015Gold
IBSA European Championships – Lisbon2015Bronze
Grand Slam/Grand Prix/World Cup
EventYearPosition
IBSA Sao Paulo Grand Prix2022Silver
IBSA Nur-Sultan Grand Prix2022Bronze
IBSA Antalya Grand Prix2022Silver
IBSA Egyptian Pyramids International Judo Championships2022Gold
IBSA Grand Prix Warwick20215th
IBSA Baku Grand Prix20215th
IBSA Tashkent Grand Prix20195th
IBSA Paralympic Qualifier – Fort Wayne2019Bronze
IBSA Baku Grand Prix20195th
IBSA Antalya World Cup20185th
IBSA Infraero De Judo Grand Prix2018Bronze
IBSA Tashkent World Cup2017Silver
IBSA VI Grand Prix Birmingham2016Silver
IBSA Soeul World Games2015Silver
IBSA Eger World Cup2015Bronze

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