Ka cika wannan jumla: Eric Born ya fara wasan judo tun yana ƙarami kuma ya lashe lambar zinare a Gasar Zakarun Turai ta Judo ta 1991, wanda ya ba shi damar yin gasa a Wasannin Olympics na 1992 a Barcelona. Amma an doke shi a zagaye na farko. Bayan rashin nasarar Born a gasar Olympics, ya koma judo kuma ya lashe lambar azurfa a gasar Olympics ta duniya.
1993 Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta Judo. Bayan wannan Eric Born ya shiga duniyar kasuwanci kuma ya yi aiki ga kamfanoni da yawa, musamman zama Shugaba na Wincanton plc daga 2010 zuwa 2015, sannan Shugaba da Shugaba na Swissport daga Agusta 2015 har zuwa ƙarshen 2020. Yana da digiri na biyu a harkokin kasuwanci (MBA) daga Jami'ar Rochester. Har yanzu yana aiki a cikin judo.