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Benjamin Fletcher
- Country:Ireland
- Born:13 March 1992 (28 years)
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Irishman Ben Fletcher fights for family and country
While he competed under the Union Jack at the Olympic Games in Rio, Ben Fletcher will display the Irish tricolour at the Olympic Games in Tokyo next year. The heavyweight is the first Irish judoka to win a Grand Prix gold medal and a Grand Slam medal and could add "the first Olympic medal in judo for Ireland" to this list. In addition to his reasons for the change, Ben Fletcher spoke with Diana Suess about his relationship with his similarly successful sister Megan Fletcher (U70) and his 2016 Olympic experience. Read more

How the Corona virus affected the athletes at first place
The IJF World Tour came to a hold due to Covid-19, the Coronavirus. The boys of Fighting Films spoke to various athletes on Team Superstar, how the measures affected them, including their concerns for the Judo community, future tournaments, and the Olympic Games. Read more

European top U100kg prepared to battle in Minsk
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

World Champion Cho Guham takes gold in Hohhot
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

Dutchman Michael Korrel clinches Grand Slam hat-trick
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
- 10 Mar 2019Irish eyes are smiling as Ben Fletcher finishes with gold
- 31 Jan 2019Fletcher siblings write history for Ireland in Tel Aviv
- 26 Jan 2019Alexandre Iddir makes it two for France
- 8 Apr 2018Azeri starlet Zelym Kotsoiev steps up to Grand Prix gold
- 25 Feb 2018Mikhail Igolnikov explodes at Grand Slam Düsseldorf
- 25 Feb 2018Georgia’s captain Varlam Liparteliani takes over the U100kg lead
- 21 Jan 2018Benjamin Fletcher captures first ever World Tour gold for Ireland
- 2 Sep 2017The category U100kg is a true battlefield for the world title
Result | City | Date |
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7 | Düsseldorf | 2020 |
5 | Zagreb | 2019 |
2 | Hohhot | 2019 |
3 | Baku | 2019 |
1 | Marrakech | 2019 |
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