Craig Fallon

Craig Fallon (born in Wolverhampton on December 18th, 1982) is a British judoka.

 

In September 2005, Fallon won the 60kg weight class at the World Judo Championships in Cairo, beating Ludwig Paischer in the final. He became only the third British male to win a world title, following Neil Adams in 1981 and Graeme Randall in 1999.

 

In 2006 he went on to become European champion in Tampere, Finland in the -60kg weight category beating Armen Nazaryan in the final. He is only the second male British judoka besides Neil Adams to simultaneously hold both a World and European title.

 

On Saturday 22nd September 2007 Fallon went on to win The 2007 Men's World Cup in the -60kg at the NIA Arena in Birmingham, he was the only Brit to win a medal at the Olympic ranking event.