Matthew Jago, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Matthew Jago

Olympic judoka

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1987

Place of Birth: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Profession: judoka

Nationality: South Africa

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Matthew Etan Jago (born 12 January 1987 in Johannesburg) is a South African judoka, who played for the half-middleweight category.
He won a bronze medal for his division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, and silver at the 2008 African Judo Championships in Agadir, Morocco, losing out to Morocco's Safouane Attaf.
Won a total of judo Sa Championship 12 gold medals Jago represented South Africa at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's half-middleweight class (81 kg).
He received a bye for the second preliminary round, before losing out by a waza-ari (half-point) and a seoi-nage (shoulder throw) to Poland's Robert Krawczyk.