Neil Eckersley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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judoka
Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1964
Place of Birth: Bolton, England, United Kingdom
Profession: judoka
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Neil Eckersley
- Neil Eckersley (born 5 April 1964) is a retired judoka from the United Kingdom, who represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
- There he won the bronze medal in the men's extra-lightweight division (– 60 kg), alongside USA's Edward "Ed" Liddie Bronze Olympic medallist.
- Olympic British team captain.
- European medallist.
- Placed seventh at the world Championships.
- Winning a bronze medal in the light-weight division (-60 kg) of the 1987 Matsutaro Shoriki cup in Tokyo likely made Eckersley to become the first British male judoka to win a medal during a major international tournament held in Japan.
- Since December 2014 Eckersley has held the rank of 7th dan awarded by the British Judo Association and International judo Federation.
- Eckersley holds a Diploma in Sports Coaching from Herriott Watt University in Edinburgh, and in 2005 completed a Bachelor of Arts (Hon.) degree in Sports Studies at St.
- Martins College, Lancaster, today known as the University of Cumbria.
- IJF 7 Dan Eckersley is a judo instructor and from 2014 he has been head of the regional program in Judoregion West in Norway and club coach in Sandnes Judo Club. Eckersley is a painter and digital artist and member of Art of the Olympians (AOTO).
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