Harald Heinke

Harald Heinke (born May 15, 1955 in Eilenburg ) is a former judoka from the German Democratic Republic (GDR) who won an Olympic bronze medal in 1980.

Heinke started at HSG Wissenschaft Leipzig and later switched to SC Leipzig . In 1972 he won the European Youth Championship, in 1975 the European Junior Championship. At the GDR junior championships in 1975 he was defeated by Detlef Ultsch , who rose to a higher weight class in 1976. Then Heinke was appointed by Henry Hempel to the national team of the German Judo Association and only lost at the European Championships in 1977 in the final against Adam Adamczyk from Poland . The following year the two faced each other again in the final, this time Heinke won and was European champion. In 1979 he was able to defend his title against the Soviet judoka Schota Chabareli . In September 1979 Heinke won his only GDR championship title. At the end of the year he won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Paris. At the 1980 European Championships, Heinke reached the final for the fourth time in a row, but this time lost to Briton Neil Adams . Two months later at the Olympic Games in Moscow, Heinke was defeated in the second round against the eventual Olympic champion Chabareli, but fought his way through the hope round to the bronze medal.

After completing his studies at DHfK as a certified sports teacher, Heinke was responsible for pre-military training at a vocational school in Schwerin. In 1989 Heinke moved to the Federal Republic of Germany. He was first at TSV Abensberg , then at MTV Ingolstadt and later at VfL Wolfsburg as a judo trainer.

literature

• Volker Kluge : The great lexicon of GDR athletes. The 1000 most successful and popular athletes from the GDR, their successes and biographies. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89602-348-9 .

Web links

• World championships in the class up to 78 kilograms
• European championships in the class up to 78 kilograms
• Harald Heinke on Judoinside (English)