Benjamin Fletcher Judoka

Benjamin Fletcher

Country:Ireland
Born:13 March 1992 (27 years)
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Irish judoka Benjamin Fletcher won bronze at the World Junior Championships in Cape Town in 2011. He captured silver at the Grand Prix in Tel Aviv in 2019. Fletcher won bronze at the Grand Prix Ulaanbaatar in 2015. Ben won the Grand Prix in Tunis in 2018. Ben took silver at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2018. He captured bronze at the Grand Prix in Antalya in 2018. He clinched the gold medal at the Grand Prix in Marrakech in 2019. He claimed a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2019.

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European top U100kg prepared to battle in Minsk

22 Jun 2019 10:50

Irish judo is stronger than ever. Remarkable the Fletcher family consisting of Megan (women’s U70kg) and Ben fighting in the U100kg division switched to their country 18 months ago and since then had a revival. Starting with Ben Fletcher as one of the names for a European Games medal in Minsk is simply well deserved success. Read more

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World Champion Cho Guham takes gold in Hohhot

26 May 2019 14:25

World champion Cho Guham of Korea won his fourth Grand Prix at the expense of world number nine Ben Fletcher (IRL) who was penalised for the third and final time for passivity. Hard-working Cho illustrated why he’s the owner of the red backpatch in the U100kg category as he won the first meeting between the two after a tactically astute performance where he kept busy and forced in-form Fletcher to pick up his third penalty. Read more

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Dutchman Michael Korrel clinches Grand Slam hat-trick

12 May 2019 18:10

Dutchman Michael Korrel defeated Tbilisi Grand Prix winner Kazbek Zankishiev of Russia to reign in Baku. Tbilisi Grand Prix gold medallist Korrel prevailed after 68 seconds of golden score as he dropped under the Russian for a waza-ari score to decide the fate of the U100kg category. Read more

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Irish eyes are smiling as Ben Fletcher finishes with gold

10 Mar 2019 19:35

Tel Aviv Grand Prix silver medallist Benjamin Fletcher (IRL) clinched his country’s second Grand Prix gold medal with a hard-fought win over Openweight World Championships silver medallist Toma Nikiforov (BEL) in the U100kg final. Fletcher, who struck for Ireland at the Tunis Grand Prix last year, defeated the European champion after 52 seconds of golden score by countering an ambitious sasae attempt. Read more

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Fletcher siblings write history for Ireland in Tel Aviv

31 Jan 2019 08:30

Two medals for Ireland in one weekend at the inaugural Tel Aviv Grand Prix. A unique and amazing performance for the small judo country. Both Megan and Ben Fletcher medalled in a unique weekend. At almost 30 years old Megan Fletcher, now of Ireland, has numerous titles to her name, from Commonwealth Champion to British Champion, but that step up to the IJF Tour rostrum has been a long time coming, requiring persistence no-one could have expected. Read more