Douglas Rogers

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Award ceremony at the 1964 Olympic Games: Douglas Rogers, Isao Inokuma , Parnaos Tschikwiladze , Ansor Kiknadze (from left to right)

Alfred Harold Douglas "Doug" Rogers (born January 26, 1941 in Truro , Nova Scotia , † July 20, 2020 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) was a Canadian judoka .

Career

Rogers began judo in high school, and after high school studied at Takushoku University in Tokyo. After finishing his studies, he won his first Canadian championship title in 1964. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, he won his preliminary group in the heavyweight division. In the semifinals he defeated Parnaos Tschikwiladze from the Soviet Union, in the final he was defeated by the Japanese Isao Inokuma .

In 1965, Rogers won the Canadian Heavyweight Championships and the Pan American Open Class Championships. At the Judo World Championships in Rio de Janeiro in 1965, he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division. In 1966 and 1967 he was again Canadian champion. At the Pan American Games in 1967 in front of a home crowd in Winnipeg, he was defeated in the heavyweight final against the US judoka Allen Coage , in the open class Rogers won the final against James Westbrook , who also came from the United States.

Judo was not on the program at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1971 Pan American Games . In 1972, the 1.90 m tall Douglas Rogers was again Canadian champion. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, he competed in both the heavyweight division and the open class. In the heavyweight division he was defeated by the French Jean-Claude Brondani in his third fight and finished fifth. In the open class he lost his first fight against Brondani. Since Brondani won his preliminary pool here, Rogers fought in the hope round. After two victories, he was defeated in the fight for a place in the final round against the British Angelo Parisi and also finished fifth here.

After his sporting career, Rogers was a pilot for an airline.

literature

  • Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle II. London 1948 - Tokyo 1964. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-328-00740-7 .
  • Volker Kluge: Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief portrait of Douglas Rogers in sportshall
personal data
SURNAME Rogers, Douglas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rogers, Alfred Harold Douglas (full name); Rogers, Doug
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Truro , Nova Scotia
DATE OF DEATH 20th July 2020
Place of death Vancouver , British Columbia