Matthew Clempner

Matthew Clempner
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1956-05-20) 20 May 1956
Salford, England
Height205 cm (6 ft 9 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
SportWrestling

Matthew Spencer Clempner (born 20 May 1956) is a British former wrestler who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Clempner participated in the men's freestyle +100 kg event.[2]

Clempner was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at heavyweight in 1979, 1980, 1989 and 1990.[3]

Clempner ran the Bolton Judokwai in the Horwich Leisure Centre and was the UK Judo North West area technical director. His son Matt Clempner[4] is a three times champion of Great Britain, winning the heavyweight division at the British Judo Championships in 2007, 2011 and 2012.[5]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Matthew Clempner Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  3. ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  4. ^ "Matt has high hopes of success". The Bolton News. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  5. ^ "British Judo Championship Results 2003 to present". British Judo. Retrieved 19 August 2022.