Jimmy Wooley
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| Full name | James Ralph Wooley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | March 8, 1949 (age 76) Houston, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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James Ralph Wooley (born March 8, 1949) is an American judoka and two time Olympian. He was born in Houston, Texas.[1][2]
Wooley was a student of Karl Geis.[3] He utilized ballet as a method of increasing his flexibility and improving his technique.[4] Wooley was on the 1972 Olympic Team in Judo where he competed in the under 93 kg division.[4] He was also on the 1976 Olympic Team competing in the open division.[4] Wooley went on to become a doctor and a judo coach.[5]
References
- ^ Active Interest Media, Inc (August 1973). Black Belt.
{{cite book}}:|first1=has generic name (help) - ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jimmy Wooley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-02-02.
- ^ :: Articles & Essays :: Archived 2015-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "US Olympic Judo Teams 1964 to present". Archived from the original on 2014-06-26. Retrieved 2015-02-19.
- ^ In Remembrance of a great Judo Player for his time- Ken Karmann – Sendai Judo Dojo – Judotalk