Neil Adams (judoka)

Adrian Neil Adams, MBE (27 September 1958) is an English judoka who won numerous Olympic and World Championship medals in judo representing Great Britain.

[2][3] He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1983 New Year Honours for services to judo.

He is also a two times champion of Great Britain, winning lightweight and half-middleweight divisions at the British Judo Championships in 1976 and 1988.

He was presented with his certificate of grade (at the Paris Grand Slam tournament) on 10 February 2019 by the federation's president, Marius Vizer.

[11] A canine version of Neil Adams made a 'guest appearance' in episode 44 of the online comic series Dog Judo[12] On 2 December 1983, he was one of the guests on the U.K. children's programme Crackerjack together with Lynsey de Paul and Kim Wilde.