Colton Brown (born October 8, 1991) is an American

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. Brown competed in the men's 90 kg event at the

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. Brown stated that the Olympic selection was a "dream come true" and that "It felt as though a lifetime of work was finally paying off.". He competed at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

again in the men's 90 kg event, where he was the only American man in the judo competitions. He was eliminated in the round of 16 by

Mihael Žgank Mihael Žgank (; born 1 February 1994) is a Slovenian-born Turkish judoka. Career Žgank competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 90 kg, where he lost to Aleksandar Kukolj of Serbia in the round of 32. At the 201 ...

of Turkey.

Early career

Colton Brown begun his career in judo at the age of 17. His father was a judoka and Brown would go with his father to practice.

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* * * * 1991 births Living people American male judoka Olympic judoka for the United States Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-judo-bio-stub