Matt Celotti

Matthew Celotti (born 9 July 1979 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian judoka, who played for the half-heavyweight category.[1] Started out his sporting career at the age of eight, Celotti had earned four titles in the same weight division (2000, 2001, 2003, and 2007) at the Australian Judo Championships.

Matt Celotti
Personal information
Full nameMatthew Celotti
Nationality Australia
Born (1979-07-09) 9 July 1979
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)100 kg
ClubVictorian Judo Academy

Celotti represented Australia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-heavyweight class (100 kg). He lost his first preliminary match to Cuba's Oreidis Despaigne, who successfully scored a yuko, and an ōuchi gari (big inner reap), at the end of the five-minute period.[2] Shortly after the Olympics, Celotti immediately left Beijing for Melbourne to face criminal and assault charges of intentionally causing injury over an incident at Lower Plenty Hotel.[3][4] The following year, he pleaded guilty to an unlawful assault, but avoided a jail term, after he was fined $1,200 to the Heidelberg Magistrates' Court.[5]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matt Celotti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. "Men's Half Heavyweight (100kg/220 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  3. English, Ben (15 August 2008). "Judo competitor Matt Celotti leaves Olympic Village". The Daily Telegraph. The Sun-Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  4. Petrie, Andrea (15 August 2008). "Australian Olympian's assault charges". The Age. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  5. Jackson, William (3 June 2009). "Olympian's guilty plea avoids jail term". Diamond Valley Leader. Archived from the original on 7 October 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2013.


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