James Pedro Sr.

James "Jimmy" Pedro Sr (born November 6, 1946[1]) is a former national level judoka from the United States and an alternate for the US 1976 Olympic judo team.

[2] Jimmy Pedro started Judo at the age of 19,[3] earning his black belt in 2 years.

[8] Jimmy trained with Olympians Jimmy Martin and Pat Burris and was selected[9] to take part in the 1975 American Team to Challenge Europe's best judoka.

[8] In 1978, Jimmy Pedro was selected to the Black Belt Magazine Hall of Fame as a judo coach.

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