Sport Judo Weight 101 kg Height 1.87 m | Role Olympic athlete Name Klaus Glahn Club VfL Wolfsburg | |
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Born 23 March 1942 (age 82) ( 1942-03-23 ) Hannover, Germany Olympic medals Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's +93 kg Similar People Wim Ruska, Akio Kaminaga, Anton Geesink, Givi Onashvili | ||
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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. Between 1967 and 1973 Glahn won five medals at world championships in the heavyweight and open divisions. He also won three European heavyweight titles, in 1963, 1968 and 1970.
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From 1985 to 1988 Glahn was president of German Judo Federation. He also worked as a manager at Volkswagen Group.
In the 2000s Glahn was active in politics. He was a leading candidate from the Rentnerinnen- und Rentner-Partei (RRP) at the European Parliament election, 2009.
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