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(2015-10-02). FERNANDO FRANCO, primer cinturón negro español de judo

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Blog post on the Olimpiaduerme blog, published 2 October 2015, announcing Fernando Franco as the first Spanish black belt in judo. Recounts his 1st dan from Ichiro Abe (22 July 1954), his selection for the Spanish national team at the European Championships in Brussels (1954), and the first 5th dan exam in Spain (November 1969 at Gimnasio Moscardó, with Henri Courtine and Bernard Pariset as tribunal, where Fernando Franco and José Pons were the only ones to pass). Also mentions the posthumous 7th dan granted by RFEJYDA.

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