Euan Burton

Euan Michael Burton MBE (born 31 March 1979) is a Scottish judoka (a Judo practitioner).

Biography

Born in Ascot, Berkshire and living in Edinburgh, Burton represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics in the Half-Middleweight (under 81 kg) Judo event. Burton was educated at Pencaitland Primary School, Ross High School and the University of Edinburgh. He was an Individual Bursar in 1998-99 at the University.

Burton is currently concentrating his efforts as a development coach for JudoScotland after his disappointing result at London 2012

Burton was named Scotland's flagbearer for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[1] At the Games, he won Gold Medal in the 100 kg category. He has since announced his retirement and return to full-time coaching.

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2004European Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2005European Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2007World Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2010World Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (81 kg)
2011World Judo Championships 33rd[2]Half middleweight (81 kg)
European Judo Championships 17th[3]Half middleweight (81 kg)
2012European Judo Championships 9th[4]Half middleweight (81 kg)

Burton was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to judo.[5][6]

References
  1. McGinty, Stephen (21 July 2014). "Euan Burton named as Commonwealth Games flag bearer". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 October 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Accessed 2012-06-27
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  5. "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N17.
  6. "2015 New Year Honours List" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2015.



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