Kerrith Brown (born 11 July 1962) is a British

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and President of the

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(IMMAF).

Judo career

As an athlete

Brown was a six times champion of Great Britain, winning the

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in 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1987 and 1990, over three different weight categories. He represented Great Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where he claimed the bronze medal in the men's lightweight division, alongside Brazil's Luis Onmura. In 1986, he won the gold medal in the 71 kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the

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. At the

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in Seoul, South Korea, he competed in the lightweight division again winning a bronze medal but after the competition he tested positive for use of a controlled substance (

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) and was disqualified and stripped of the medal.

Managerial

On 12 October 2012, Kerrith Brown was elected as the new Chairman of the

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by the British Judo membership, assuming the role at the BJA Annual General Meeting that took place on Saturday 10 November. Under his leadership, the British Judo Association opened its doors for its Centre of Excellence at the University of Wolverhampton in 2013. Also under his leadership, the British Judo Association's rights to the 2015 European Judo Championships were revoked by the European Judo Union and the event cancelled, eight weeks before it was scheduled to take place in Glasgow. The event cancellation was prompted by a disagreement over title sponsorship by mixed martial arts promoter,

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(UFC), in which the EJU cited the brand as not meeting "EJU values" . Kerrith Brown then resigned as Chairman of the British Judo Association "due to ideological differences with the leadership of the European Judo Union and the International Judo Federation and to ensure the best interests of British Judo"

IMMAF

Brown was elected as president of the

(IMMAF), following election by unanimous board vote in Berlin on 20 June 2015.

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* * * British male judoka Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain 1962 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Black British sportsmen Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Goodwill Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games Doping cases in judo Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals {{UK-judo-bio-stub