his judo skill is his taking of 5th place at the 1972 Olympics despite having been out of serious training for many years. Once in Canada, he was spending hours a day in a cockpit rather than on the mats. He no longer had Kimura as a coach nor did he have the quality of practice opponents that a world champion needed. Rogers retired from a career as an airline pilot. He was married with four grown children. Although less active in judo later in life, he still went to local tournaments and was often an invited guest/coach at clubs throughout Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. See also Judo in Quebec Judo in British Columbia Judo in Canada List of Canadian judoka References Further reading A Master's thesis in Anthropology about Rogers, written by his daughter. External links Judoka 1965 documentary about Rogers and his life in Japan after winning silver at the 1964 Olympics (National Film Board of Canada) Tokyo Olympiad - film by Kon Ichikawa (Criterion Collection) 1941 births 2020 deaths Canadian expatriate sportspeople in Japan Canadian male judoka Canadian people of British descent Commercial aviators Judoka at the 1964 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of Canada Olympic medalists in judo Olympic silver medalists for Canada People from Truro, Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Montreal Sportspeople from Nova Scotia Sportspeople from Vancouver Takushoku University alumni Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games