Wayne Phipps (born 25 June 1973) is an Australian Paralympic judoka. He competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[1]

Wayne Phipps
Wayne Phipps in 2019
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1973-06-25) 25 June 1973 (age 51)
Sport
Country Australia
SportJudo

Personal

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Phipps was born on 25 June 1973 in South Africa.[2] He moved to Australia in 2010.[1] In 2015, he was diagnosed with an eye condition.[1]

Judo

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He started judo at the age of eight.[1] In his teenage years, he won national titles and in his twenties represented South Africa at world championships.[1] After his diagnosis, his coach Carlo Knoester at the Kano Judo Schools in Perth told him about Paralympic judo.[1]

He is judo classification is B3.[3] Phipps competed for the first time in Para-judo at the World Championships in Portugal in 2018.[1] At the 2021 IBSA Visually Impaired Judo in Warwick, he finished sixth in -66 kg class.[4]

Australia had not been represented in Paralympic judo since the Beijing 2008 Paralympics. At the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Phipps qualified in the men’s half-lightweight category Men's 66 kg. He lost to Munkhbat Aajim of Mongolia in the preliminary round.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Phipps To Put Australian Judo Back In The Limelight At Tokyo 2020". Paralympics Australia. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Wayne Phipps Judoka". Judoinside. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. ^ "IBSA Judo - Classification Report" (PDF). IBSA. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2021 IBSA Visually Impaired Judo GBR Warwick (GBR), 19-20 Jun 2021" (PDF). IBSA Judo. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Australian Paralympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
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