Talk:Matthew Folan
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Matthew “Matt” Folan (born 25 May 1942) is an Irish judoka, sports administrator, and businessman. He represented Ireland in the men’s heavyweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, and the International Judo Federation lists him as placing fifth at the 1973 World Judo Championships in Lausanne.[1][2]
Early life and maritime work
A newspaper profile described him as having completed a two-year radio officer course at Atlantic College, Dublin, and as having subsequently spent about a decade at sea as a radio officer in the Greek Merchant Navy, serving on passenger and cargo ships and tankers, before returning to Ireland.[3]
Judo career
Folan represented Ireland internationally in the early 1970s. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich in the heavyweight division.[1][4] The International Judo Federation lists him as placing fifth at the 1973 World Judo Championships in Lausanne.[2]
A 1974 Sunday World profile introduced him as a four-time Irish heavyweight judo champion, and described him (at the time) as the only Irishman to have obtained a black belt at the Kodokan in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
Folan was awarded 3rd dan by the Irish Judo Association in 1973.[6]
Judo administration and coaching
Business career
Outside sport, he worked in the graphic design and printing sector. Olympedia notes that he was the owner of Gemini International Ltd.[1] Public company information services record the company as incorporated in 1973 and later dissolved in 2018.[8]
In the Irish printing trade-press profile, Folan is described as Managing Director of Gemini (Dublin), with the business based at Herbert Street, Dublin 2 and later relocating to Damastown, Dublin 15.[7] Company filings show that he resigned as a director in 2008, about 35 years after incorporation.[9]