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Place of Birth: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
About Tony Walby
- Tony Walby (born August 22, 1973) is a Canadian judoka represented Canada in Judo at the 2012 Paralympics in the +100 kg category and - 90kg division in the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio..
- He won his first match, lost his second, and was then eliminated in repêchage.Walby has been practising Judo since 1980, was a member of the able-bodied Canadian Judo team for 16 years, and won the national heavyweight championship in his last year of competition.
- He has genetic cone dystrophy, however, which caused his sight to begin deteriorating significantly in his early 20s, and he was declared legally blind around age 35.
- Two years later he learned that his visual impairment qualifies him to compete in the Paralympics and began training for competition again.
- In 2011 he won bronze in the +100 kg category of the Parapan American Games.
- Walby currently trains at the Takahashi Martial Arts School in Ottawa, Ontario, which was founded by Masao Takahashi and is currently directed by Olympian Phil Takahashi.
- His Paralympic coach is Tom Thompson.
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