Ben Fletcher
Judo
BIOGRAPHY
Benjamin Fletcher represented Ireland in the men’s -100kg judo event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where he made the round of 32.
He had previously represented Great Britain at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, finishing 17th. Fletcher qualifies for Ireland through his mother Alma, who is from Bruff, Co. Limerick, and he switched allegiance to Ireland in 2017 after British Judo required him to relocate to their centralised high-performance centre, which would have meant leaving his training base in Bath and the coaching set-up he valued.
His sister Megan Fletcher also competed for Ireland at Tokyo 2020, making them the first brother and sister to compete for Ireland in judo at the same Olympic Games. As a junior, Fletcher won bronze at the 2011 World Junior Championships in Cape Town. After switching to Ireland he became the first Irish judoka to win an IJF World Tour event, taking gold at the Tunis Grand Prix in 2018. He broke his leg in two places in February 2021 during a competition in Israel but returned in time for Tokyo. Away from judo he works as a horticulturist.
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