Wednesday, July 02, 2014
Paul Sawyer Master of Sombo
A Profile of Paul Sawyer a British Sombo Federation Master of Sombo/FIAS Bronze Medal for Service to International Sambo. Paul will be refereeing at the Presidents Cup in September
PAUL SAWYER SAMBO
BIOGRAPHY
DOB 24/4/1962 Hometown
Bournemouth
Began judo in 1975 becoming a regular on the
competition circuit. First participated in Sambo in 1991. Retired from
competitive Sambo in 2009 but continuing involvement as a coach and referee.
Referee at British Open 2013 and 2014.
SAMBO COMPETITION RECORD
Weight class under
68 kilos
Domestic tournaments
15 x British champion
10 x English Open champion
5 x Scottish Open champion
International Tournaments - Senior
Between 1992 and 2004, represented GB on over 30
occasions world wide including 7 FIAS world championships (highest place 6th),
2 world cups (6th & 7th places), 5 European
championships (highest place 5th).
World Small Nations champion 1998
FIAS USA World Open silver1999
Dutch Open champion 1997
Basque Open bronze 1994
Mediterranean Cup gold 2003
FIAS West World Cup silver 2003
4 x Tournoi de Grand Ouest champion 2003-6
Caen International champion 2003
Tournoi de Beausoleil champion 2004
Participated in 3 x Vladimir Kulikov Memorial
& Aslan Aslakhanov International tournaments in Russia.
International Tournaments – Masters
4 x World Masters bronze medallist
European Masters silver medallist
FIAS USA World Open champion 1999 & 2001
Training
Spent 4 extensive training periods in Russia
with Dzerzhinsk Sambo Federation (home to numerous Russian and Soviet Union
medallists) 1996 – 2001.
Honours
FIAS bronze medal for services to Sambo
BSF Master of Sambo
Qualifications
BSF Coach
BSF Referee
JUDO, KURASH & OTHER WRESTLING STYLES
JUDO
BJA 5th dan
Competition record
Under 60 kilos/Under 65 kilos
Senior
4 x National Team Championship medallist
4 x Southern England champion
3 x British Universities Championships medallist
Multiple medallist at national ranking events
Masters
2 x WMJA World Masters silver medallist 2001
& 2009
Commonwealth Masters champion 2012, silver 2006
13 x British Masters champion 1997 – 2011
Hungarian Open champion 2006
2 x Belgian Open medallist 2005 & 2008
KURASH
Senior
European senior bronze 2003
World Masters silver 2005
Multiple times President of Uzbekistan I Karimov
Tournament winner and British champion
Great Britain Team Manager & Coach World
Championships 2011 & 2013
Tournament Director World Junior & Cadet
Kurash Championships 2012
IKA Golden Medal of Honour 2012
IKA Directi
British Kurash Association General Secretary
CORNISH WRESTLING
21 x Cornish wrestling titles – won every weight
class from Featherweight (2), Lightweight (7), Middleweight (6), Light Heavyweight
(5) and Heavyweight (1)
3 x Inter Celtic Challenge winner in Brittany
OLYMPIC WRESTLING
Competed in both Freestyle and Greco-Roman
styles winning a number of medals including British Novices gold, Midlands Open
silver, USA AAU medals.
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