Dietmar Lorenz

Dietmar Lorenz (born 23 September 1950 in Schleiz, Thuringia) is an East German judoka, who competed for SC Dynamo Hoppegarten under the Sportvereinigung Dynamo.[1]

Dietmar Lorenz
Dietmar Lorentz (second from right), bronze medalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1950-09-23) 23 September 1950
Schleiz, Thuringia, East Germany
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  East Germany
Olympic Games
1980 Moscow Open category
1980 Moscow Half-Heavyweight
World Championships
1973 Lausanne Light heavyweight
1975 Vienna Open
Jigoro Kano Cup
1978 Tokyo Light heavyweight
European Championships
1975 Lyon Light heavyweight
1977 Ludwigshafen Light heavyweight
1978 Helsinki Light heavyweight
1975 Lyon Light heavyweight

Lorenz won medals at major international competitions, taking gold at the European Judo Championships and the World Judo Championships. He won as the first German the Olympics and the Jigoro Kano Cup. As a member of the East German Olympic team, he took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. These games were boycotted by some countries, including Japan, whose Yasuhiro Yamashita and Sumio Endo were the reigning World Heavyweight and Open Class champions respectively.

He went as an outsider in the "Open Class" at the start. To the surprise of all judo experts, he defeated the favored opponents and also won the final battle against Angelo Parisi of France, who was twelve kilos heavier than him.

Today, he is a trainer at the SC Berlin for children. He wears the nanadan (七段:ななだん): seventh degree black belt (also, shichidan), a component of the Dan rank. [2] [3]

References
  1. "Budoverein Dynamo-Hoppegarten | Der Judo-Doktor und Ehrenmitglied von Dynamo Hoppegarten wird 70:". Archived from the original on 6 March 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2007.
  2. Geschichte
  3. Heinrich Göbel Oberschule


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