Engelbert Dörbandt
Engelbert Dörbandt (born February 2, 1949 in Berlin ) is a former German judoka who won four medals at European championships.
The 1.69 m tall Dörbandt fought in the light middleweight division (up to 70 kilograms) until 1976. After the reorganization of the weight classes, he fought in the lightweight (up to 71 kilograms). From 1971 to 1977 he won seven German championship titles.
In 1970 he won a bronze medal at the European Championships in East Berlin. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Dörbandt won his first two fights and then lost in the quarter-finals to Dietmar Hötger from the GDR. In the hope round he defeated Reto Zinsli from Switzerland and lost to Anatoly Novikov from the Soviet Union. Dörbandt took fifth place.
1973 Dörbandt reached the final at the European Championships in Madrid and was defeated by Dietmar Hötger. In 1974 he won a bronze medal at the European Championships and also bronze at the World Student Championships. At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1978 he reached the final again and lost to Günther Krüger from the GDR.
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 .
- National Olympic Committee for Germany: Munich. Kiel. 1972. The Olympic team of the Federal Republic of Germany . Frankfurt am Main 1972
Web links
- Engelbert Dörbandt in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Engelbert Dörbandt at Judoinside.com
- Engelbert Dörbandt in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Footnotes
- ↑ The spelling follows the Munzinger archive. In the Olympic database SportsReference he is called Dörbrandt, in the Olympic brochure from 1972 Dörrbandt.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dörbandt, Engelbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |