Guy Delvingt

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Guy Delvingt (born June 28, 1958 ) is a former French judoka . In 1984 he was fifth in the Olympics.

Athletic career

The 1.74 m tall Guy Delvingt competed in lightweight until 1976, in the weight class up to 63 kilograms. In 1976 he finished second at the Tournoi de Paris behind the Japanese Yasuhiko Moriwaki . In November 1976 he won the European Junior Championships. A month later he was defeated in the final of the Junior World Championships to the Japanese Kenichi Haraguchi .

After the introduction of two new weight classes, Guy Delvingt fought from 1977 in the half-light weight, the weight class up to 65 kilograms. At the Tournoi de Paris he was defeated in the 1977 finals by the Japanese Kiyosuke Sahara . At the European Championships in Helsinki in 1978 , he defeated James Rohleder from Germany in the quarter-finals . After his semi-final defeat against Nikolai Soloduchin from the Soviet Union, Delvingt also lost the battle for bronze against the Hungarian József Tuncsik . At the Junior European Championships in 1978, he won a silver medal. 1979 Delvingt won the French Championships and the Mediterranean Games in Split.

In 1981 Delvingt won the Tournoi de Paris and took third place at the Jigoro Kano Cup , in 1982 he won the Tournoi de Paris again. After finishing second behind Thierry Rey at the French championships in 1981 and 1982 , Guy Delvingt switched to the super-lightweight, the weight class up to 60 kilograms. He also competed in the 1984 Olympic Games in this weight class . In the quarterfinals he was defeated by the South Korean Kim Jae-yup and was defeated by a referee decision ( Yusei-gachi ). After a victory in the hope round over the Spaniard Carlos Sotillo , Delvingt lost in the battle for bronze against Edward Liddie from the United States. In 1985, Guy Delvingt once again reached the semi-lightweight final at the Tournoi de Paris and was defeated by his compatriot Jean-Pierre Hansen .

Guy Delvingt is the younger brother of Yves Delvingt , who was also internationally successful as a judoka.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Tournoi de Paris 1976 at judoinside.com
  2. ^ Tournoi de Paris 1977 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 952
  4. ↑ Tournoi de Paris 1985 at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Delvingt, Guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French judoka
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1958