Neil Adams is an English judoka who won numerous Olympic and World Championship medals in judo representing Great Britain.
Adams was the first British male to win a World title, and the first British male to simultaneously hold a world title and a European title. Other achievements include a gold medal at the 1981 World Judo Championships in Maastricht, the Netherlands, plus silver medals in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympic Games and the 1983 Judo World Championships. Adams was also five-time European Champion. On 20 September 2008 he was promoted to 8th Dan at the age of 49.
He was known for his ground game (ne waza) and his armbar.
An interview with Neil Adams on judo, bjj, mma, and the overlap between those arts:
