Klaus Glahn
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Klaus Glahn (right) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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23 March 1942 (age 74) Hannover, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 101 kg (223 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 European Parliament election, 2009.[5]
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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)