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Patrick Burris

American judoka

Born
28 December 1950, Aiea
Citizenship
United States
Sport
judo
Occupation
judoka
Height
177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight
70 kg (154 lb)

Patrick Mitsugi Burris (born December 28, 1950) is a retired competitive judoka who represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games in Munich and the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal. He won the bronze medal at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City in the men's lightweight division at 70 kg. Burris is a five time US national senior AAU champion, including an unprecedented four straight championships. He was named 1976 US national Grand Champion (best in all weight classes) – the lightest Grand Champion ever.

Competitions

CompetitionYearResult
1972 Summer Olympics1972
1976 Summer Olympics1976

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