Glan, Klaus

Born in 1941. Engaged in judo in high school.

In 1963, unexpectedly won the European title.

He performed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo . He fought in the open weight category. In his category, 9 athletes fought. Competitions were conducted in a circular system in three groups. Three group winners reached the semifinals; the fourth was determined in a round robin tournament of the wrestlers who took second place in the groups.

Glan defeated his rivals in the group (in the second meeting, his opponent withdrew from the competition) and reached the semifinals. In the semifinals, he lost to the Japanese Akio Kaminage , and stayed with a bronze medal.

In 1965, for the first time became the champion of Germany. In 1967 he became the European champion in the team, and won the silver medal at the World Championships. He also stayed a step away from the world "gold" in 1969 and 1971.

He played at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich . He also fought in the heavyweight (over 93 kilograms) weight, and in the open weight category. In the open category, he remained fifth; heavyweight champion won a silver medal, losing in the final to Willem Ryuske , who won the champion title in both the open category and heavyweight category.

He ended his career in sports in 1979.

From 1970 to 1975 he was the head of the judo training center in Wolfsburg. From 1982 to 1985, he was vice president of the Judo Federation of Germany. From 1985 to 1988, he was president of the German Judo Federation and vice president of the European Judo Association. Allegedly, he was forced to leave office due to financial fraud. ^[3] From 1988 to 1990 was the director of the Olympic base. Then, until 1996, he was one of the managers of the Volkswagen group of companies and also left the post due to financial irregularities. Since 2000 - in politics. In 2007, he was called the leading candidate from the party of pensioners in the upcoming European Parliament elections in 2009. ^[4] . He is a businessman, had his own retail network for the sale of sports goods Romika , and after its merger with Adidas, he continued cooperation with this manufacturer.

Married since 1965, has two adult children. ^[five]

Black Belt magazine in 1971 spoke of Glan as follows:

6 feet 2 inches tall, a strong German is one of those wrestlers who does not look truly impressive until he captures the rival's judogi lapels. He is a real terror on the tatami, and it is a real pleasure to see him. A fast and aggressive electrician from Hanover rarely prefers wrestling in the stalls

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• Klaus Glan - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
• Klaus Glan - profile on judoinside.com