Britain's Euan Burton claimed a bronze medal in the –81kg weight category on day two of the 2007 European Championships taking place in Serbia.This is the second European Championship medal for Burton, who also won bronze in 2005.
Burton looked strong in the pool, beating former European Champion, Switzerland's Sergei Aschwanden with an armlock for ippon.
He narrowly lost his quarter final match against World Champion Guillaume Elmot of the Netherlands, on a shido (penalty score). In the repechage he beat Sirazhudin Magomedov of Russia, Avisav Sheinmann of Israel, and in the fight for the bronze medal, Klemen Ferjan of Slovenia - all three by the maximum ippon score.
The win is no doubt a fantastic start to Burton’s Olympic qualification campaign who has proved once again his ability to rise to the occasion.
Fellow Edinburgh club mate, and 2006 European Champion, Sarah Clark missed out on a medal in the –63kg weight category after losing the bronze medal match to Claudia Heill of Austria.
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