Allen Coage

Allen J. Coage made history as the first African American to win a Judo Olympic Bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics and the second American to win a medal for the USA team. To date Allen Coage remains the only American heavyweight to win an Olympic medal in Judo. He also won a Gold medal for 1967 heavyweight Judo in 1967 at the Pan American Games and another Gold medal in the 1975 Pan American Games for Judo in the heavyweight division. Coage was also the first American to win a Gold medal in two consecutive Pan American Games.