Klaus Glahn
![]() Klaus Glahn (right) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 23 March 1942 Hannover, Germany | (age 82)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Klaus Glahn (born 23 March 1942) is a retired West German judoka who competed at the 1964 and 1972 Olympics. In 1964 he won a bronze medal in the open weight class while representing the United Team of Germany. Eight years later he won a silver medal for West Germany in the heavyweight category.[1] Between 1967 and 1973 Glahn won five medals at world championships in the heavyweight and open divisions.[2] He also won three European heavyweight titles, in 1963, 1968 and 1970.[3]
From 1985 to 1988 Glahn was president of German Judo Federation. He also worked as a manager at Volkswagen Group.[4]
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.[5]
References
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- ^ 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)
- 1942 births
- Living people
- German male judoka
- Judoka at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of the United Team of Germany
- Olympic judoka of West Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for West Germany
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United Team of Germany
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- German judo biography stubs