Ashley McKenzie

Ashley McKenzie

McKenzie at the Our Greatest Team Parade in September 2012
Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1989-07-17) 17 July 1989 Queen's Park, Greater London, England
Sport
Sport	Judo
Event(s)	Men's 60 kilograms
Medal record Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2014 Glasgow Men's 60kg judo Representing  United Kingdom European Judo Championships 2013 Budapest Men's 60kg judo
Updated on 1 August 2014.

Ashley McKenzie (born 17 July 1989) is an English judoka. He was a member of the Great Britain Olympic Judo Team at London 2012 and competed at the men's 60 kg division. He was defeated in the second round by Hiroaki Hiraoka of Japan.^[1] He also appeared in and made it to the final of Celebrity Big Brother 10 in September 2012.

He was part of the Great Britain Olympic Judo Team at Rio 2016, he reached the third round where he was defeated by Yeldos Smetov of Kazakhstan.

Personal life

McKenzie was born in Queen’s Park, London. He is mixed-race. He was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) at an early age.^[2]

McKenzie was first exposed to Judo at the age of 11, when he got into a fight with a boy who stole his Charizard Pokémon card. Determined to get it back he joined the Moberly Judo Club where he met his assailant by chance. He eventually got his card back after befriending the boy.^[3][4]

Career

His achievements include winning gold at the British Open in 2008,^[5] 2009,^[6] 2010,^[7] 2012,^[8] and 2015.^[9] McKenzie's first foray into the European U23 Championships in 2009 resulted in a bronze medal win at Antalya.^[10] In 2010, he became the second British athlete in history to be crowned an under-23 European champion when he competed in Sarajevo.^[11] In 2011, McKenzie earned bronze and gold in the European Cup competitions within Orenburg^[12] and Hamburg,^[13] respectively. He was the 2011 Judo World Cup champion within Poland^[14] and Great Britain.^[15] He also earned bronze at the European Championships 2013 in Budapest.^[16] From 2013^[17] to 2014,^[18] he was the back-to-back champion of the Pan-American Open in Uruguay. McKenzie would then achieve gold in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.^[19] He competed at the International Judo Federation Grand Slam 2015 in Tyumen where he won silver.^[20] McKenzie won bronze at the International Judo Federation Grand Slam 2016 in Baku.^[21]

On 15 August 2012, McKenzie entered the Celebrity Big Brother 10 reality TV series. After 24 days McKenzie made it to the final and finished in fifth place.^[22]

Achievements

Complete list at judoinside.com^[23]

References

External links

• Ashley McKenzie at the Internet Movie Database