Anthony Clarke OAM

Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, "for the purpose of according recognition to Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or for meritorious service"...

, ASM

ASM

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 is a world class judo

Judo

is a modern martial art and combat sport created in Japan in 1882 by Jigoro Kano. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either throw or takedown one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling maneuver, or force an...

ka who has been ranked in the top 10 worldwide, in the top 3 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and as the top player in South Australia

South Australia

South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...

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Blind

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...

 since 17 he became a Paralympic Judo

Paralympic Judo

Paralympic judo is an adaptation of the Japanese martial art of judo for visually impaired competitors. The rules of the sport are only slightly different from regular judo competitions...

 gold medallist in 1996, was world blind judo champion (in 1990 and 1998), and was an official torch bearer at the 2000 Summer Olympics

2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

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He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in 1997.

He has represented Australia at five Summer Paralympics, from 1992

1992 Summer Paralympics

The 1992 Summer Paralympics were the ninth Paralympic Games to be held. They were held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.- Sports :The games consisted of 487 events spread over fifteen sports. Powerlifting and weightlifting were considered to be a single sport...

 to 2008

2008 Summer Paralympics

The 2008 Summer Paralympic Games, the thirteenth Paralympics, took place in Beijing, China from September 6 to September 17, 2008. As with the 2008 Summer Olympics, equestrian events were held in Hong Kong and sailing events in Qingdao....

, and wrote an autobiographical motivational book titled Achieving the Impossible.

Achievements

• 1990 World Blind Judo Champion - 78 kg class
• 1996 Paralympic Gold Medal - 95 kg class
• 1997 Order of Australia Medal
• 1998 World blind Judo Champion - 90 kg class
• 1999 Awarded the Judo Federation of Australia's "Outstanding South Australian Judo Player of the Decade"
• Paralympic and dual world vision impaired champion

External links

• Anthony Clarke, ASM, OAM - Paralympian - speaker profile at e-bility.com