Name: Matt Purssey

D.O.B: 23.02.1981

Place of Birth: Chertsey, England

Grade: 2nd Dan

Height: 187cm

Weight: 90.5kg

Age began Judo: 6 ½yrs

Why did you start judo: My friends mum wanted him to start, but didn’t want him to go on his own. He gave up after 3 weeks!!

First Judo Club:  Pinewood Judo Club

Favourite Technique: Uchi-mata

Favourite Judo Player: This has changed several times, at the moment, Ilias Iliadis

Hobbies: Fine wines and collecting rare butterflies!  My hobby is my living!

Favourite Colour: Gold!!

Favourite Food: Something very rich sweet, normally a cake of some sort!

Favourite Actor: Christian Bale

Favourite Film: One flew over the Cuckoo’s nest

Favourite Song: When a man loves a woman (Percy Sledge)

Favourite Band/Group: Florence and the machine

Favourite Author: Fyodor Mikhail Dostoyevsky

Favourite Saying: No excuses, no apologies!

RESULTS

• 5 time Senior British Champion
• 3 time British Open Champion
• 3rd Rotterdam Super World Cup
• 3rd Drammen World Cup
• 5th European Championships 2006
• 5th Paris Tournament 2010
• 3rd Poland World Cup 2010

Can you sum yourself up: I hope that what you get is what you see.  I try to be honest and honourable in all my dealings with people.  Occasionally I’m too self-assured, and a little vain, but if you don’t love yourself, how can anybody else love you?!