Waldemar Legień
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Bytom, Polish People’s Republic | 28 August 1963
Occupation | Judoka |
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Poland |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | –78 kg, –86 kg |
Rank | 8th dan black belt |
Club | Czarni Bytom |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | (1988, 1992) |
World Champ. | (1987, 1989, 1991) |
European Champ. | (1990) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 1605 |
JudoInside.com | 1134 |
Updated on 5 June 2023 |
Waldemar Legień (born 28 August 1963) is a Polish retired judoka. He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992. He is also the first person to win back-to-back two Olympic gold medals in Judo.[1]
For his achievements, he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (4th Class) in 1988.
Legień is the manager of Racing Club de France in Paris.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Waldemar Legień". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
Media related to Waldemar Legień at Wikimedia Commons
- Waldemar Legień at the International Judo Federation
- Waldemar Legień at JudoInside.com
- Waldemar Legień at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Waldemar Legień at Olympics.com
- Waldemar Legień at Olympedia
- Waldemar Legień at The-Sports.org
- Waldemar Legień at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Judo Legends
Categories:
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Polish male judoka
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for Poland
- Olympic gold medalists for Poland
- Sportspeople from Bytom
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Goodwill Games medalists in judo
- Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- Polish Olympic medalist stubs
- Polish judo biography stubs