Klaus Glahn
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| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | West Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +93 kg, Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9th dan black belt[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | VfL Wolfsburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1967, 1969, 1971) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1963, 1968, 1970) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| IJF | 54559 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 4807 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 24 June 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Klaus Glahn (born 23 March 1942) is a retired
United Team of Germany. Eight years later he won a silver medal for West Germany in the heavyweight category.[2] Between 1967 and 1973 Glahn won five medals at World Championships in the heavyweight and open divisions.[3] He also won three European heavyweight titles, in 1963, 1968 and 1970.[4]
From 1985 to 1988 Glahn was president of the German Judo Federation. He also worked as a manager at Volkswagen Group.[5]
In the 2000s Glahn was active in politics. He was a leading candidate from the Rentnerinnen- und Rentner-Partei (RRP) at the 2009 European Parliament election.[6]
References
- ^ "IJF Dan Grades Awardees" (PDF). International Judo Federation. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ Klaus Glahn. sports-reference.com
- ^ Judo – Weltmeisterschaften Schwergewicht, Allkategorie. sport-komplett.de
- ^ Judo – Europameisterschaften (Herren). sport-komplett.de
- ^ Klaus Glahn. Internationales Sportarchiv
- ^ Meinhardt, Gunnar (6 June 2009) "In Deutschland Rentner zu sein, bringt immer weniger Freude". Die Welt. (interview in German)
External links
Media related to Klaus Glahn at Wikimedia Commons
- Klaus Glahn at the International Judo Federation
- Klaus Glahn at JudoInside.com
- Klaus Glahn at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Klaus Glahn at Olympics.com
- Klaus Glahn at Olympedia
- Klaus Glahn at The-Sports.org
- Klaus Glahn at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
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