Allen Coage(1943-2007)
- Actor
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.
