Axel Lobenstein

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Axel Lobenstein (born May 19, 1965 in Apolda ) is a former German judoka . He was third in the world championship in 1989 for the DJV and in 1991 for the DJB European champion.

Athletic career

The 1.80 m tall Axel Lobenstein fought mostly in the middleweight division, from 1995 he started in the light heavyweight division. Axel Lobenstein started for SC Leipzig , in 1988 he was third in the GDR championships, in 1989 and 1990 he won the title. From 1992 to 1994 he was German champion three times in a row. In 1995 he took second place in the light heavyweight division behind Detlef Knorrek and in 1996 behind Daniel Gürschner .

Internationally, Lobenstein was runner-up in 1984 and winner of the European Junior Championships in 1985. At the European Championships in 1989 he lost in the semifinals against French Fabien Canu , in the battle for bronze he defeated the British Densign White . Five months later he was defeated at the World Championships in Belgrade in the first fight Roman Karger from Czechoslovakia. With four wins in the round of hope, Lobenstein fought his way to the bronze medal, defeating Densign White again in the battle for bronze. In 1990 he reached the final of the European Championships with victories over Densingn White in the quarterfinals and Fabien Canu in the semifinals. There he was defeated by the Pole Waldemar Legień . After bronze in 1989 and silver in 1990 Lobenstein won the title at the European Championships in Prague in 1991, in the final he defeated the Italian Giorgio Vismara . At the 1991 World Championships , he finished seventh after losing to French Pascal Tayot in the quarterfinals and Giorgio Vismara in the hope round.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​Lobenstein defeated the Spaniard León Villar , Giorgio Vismara and the Swiss Daniel Kistler . In the semifinals he was defeated by Frenchman Pascal Tayot. He then lost the battle for bronze against the Japanese Hirotaka Okada by a referee decision (yusei-gachi) and came in fifth.

Lobenstein was active for ten years after the Olympic Games, but could no longer place himself in the front field at international championships. He won the World Cup in Prague in 1990 and in Munich in 1991. In 1995 he won in both Munich and Prague, and again in Munich in 1996.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ GDR middleweight championships at sport-komplett.de
  2. ^ German middleweight championships at sport-komplett.de
  3. ^ German light heavyweight championships at sport-komplett.de
  4. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 422f
personal data
SURNAME Lobenstein, Axel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judoka
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Apolda