Heath Young

Heath Young
Personal information
Full nameHeath Francis Young
Nationality Australia
Born (1978-09-21) 21 September 1978 (age 46)
Sydney,
Australia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event66 kg
ClubTiger-Do Judo Academy
Coached byTerry Young

Heath Francis Young (born 21 September 1978 in Sydney) is an Australian judoka, who competed in the men's half-lightweight category.[1] He held five Australian titles in his own division, picked up a total of thirteen medals in his career, including two golds from the Oceania Championships, and represented his nation Australia in the 66-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Throughout his sporting career, Young trained full-time for the senior team at Tiger-Do Judo Academy in his native Sydney, under his personal coach, father, and sensei Terry Young.

Young qualified for the Australian squad in the men's half-lightweight class (66 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by topping the field of judoka and receiving a berth from the Oceania Championships in Nouméa, New Caledonia.[2] He opened his match with a more satisfying victory over Bolivia's Juan José Paz by points on waza-ari, before losing out in an earth-shattering ippon defeat with a stunning shoulder throw to Cuban judoka and eventual bronze medalist Yordanis Arencibia.[3][4] In the repechage, Young gave himself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal, but crashed out in the first round of the draft, as Venezuela's Ludwig Ortíz tightly pinned him on the tatami with a kuzure kami shiho gatame (broken upper four-quarter hold-down) at one minute and ten seconds.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Heath Young". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Athens judo team named". Australia: ABC News. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Cuba consigue dos medallas en judo olímpico" [Cuba wins two Olympic medals in judo] (in Spanish). La Crónica de Hoy. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. ^ "JJ.OO.: Latinoamericanos no consiguen medallas en el judo" [Olympic Games: Latin Americans fail to win a single medal in judo] (in Spanish). El Mercurio. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Judo: Men's Half-Lightweight (66kg/146 lbs) Repechage Round 1". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.


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