Wayne Erdman (born February 3, 1952, in
Kitchener, Ontario
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) is a
Canadian
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retired
judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
who represented Canada in Judo at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in
Montreal, Quebec
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, Canada. He won the gold medal at the
1975 Pan American Games
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in the men's lightweight division (– 70 kg). Erdman holds the rank of 7th dan and is the chair of the Grading Board for Judo Ontario. He is also a certified Level 3 NCCP coach and a former National Coach. He is currently a senior sensei at the Kaizen Judo Club in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.
See also
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Judo in Ontario
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Ontario since 1942.
History
Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbi ...
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Judo in Canada
The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Van ...
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List of Canadian judoka
This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high ''dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...
References
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External links
Kaizen Judo Club profile
1952 births
Living people
Canadian male judoka
Judoka at the 1975 Pan American Games
Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Lightweight judoka
Martial artists from Ontario
Olympic judoka of Canada
Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in judo
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
20th-century Canadian people
21st-century Canadian people
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