Charles Palmer

British martial artist (1930–2001)

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Born

15 April 1930, Ealing

Died

17 August 2001, United Kingdom

Citizenship

United Kingdom

Sport

judo

Occupation

judoka

Charles Stuart William Palmer (15 April 1930 – 17 August 2001) was a British martial artist. Palmer was a judo instructor, President of the Budokwai, President of the British Judo Association (1961–1985), President of the International Judo Federation (1965–1979) and Chairman of the British Olympic Association (1983–1988). Palmer was a judoka who attained the sport's highest rank of 10th dan black belt.

Awards and honours

• Silver Olympic Order 1980

Teachers

• Gunji Koizumi

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q3666599 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.