Klaus Glahn

Klaus Glahn
Klaus Glahn (right) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born 23 March 1942 (1942-03-23) (age 76)
Hannover, Germany
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 101 kg (223 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Club VfL Wolfsburg
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
1964 Tokyo Open
Representing  West Germany
Olympic Games
1972 Munich +93 kg
World Championships
1967 Salt Lake City Open
1969 Mexico City +93 kg
1971 Ludwigshafen +93 kg
1971 Ludwigshafen Open
1973 Lausanne Open

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]

References

  1. ↑ Klaus Glahn. sports-reference.com
  2. ↑ Judo – Weltmeisterschaften Schwergewicht, Allkategorie. sport-komplett.de
  3. ↑ Judo – Europameisterschaften (Herren). sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Klaus Glahn. Internationales Sportarchiv
  5. ↑ Meinhardt, Gunnar (6 June 2009) "In Deutschland Rentner zu sein, bringt immer weniger Freude". Die Welt. (interview in German)


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