Anthony Clarke

Athlete

1961 –

22

Who is Anthony Clarke?

Anthony Lawrence Clarke, OAM is an Australian judoka.

Blind since 17 he became a Paralympic Judo gold medallist in 1996, for which he received a Medal of the Order of Australia, was world blind judo champion, and was an official torch bearer at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In 2000, he received an Australian Sports Medal.

He has represented Australia at five Summer Paralympics, from 1992 to 2008, and wrote an autobiographical motivational book titled Achieving the Impossible.

He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder from 1996 to 2000 in judo.

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Born
1961
Adelaide
Lived in
  • South Australia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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