Helmut Dietz

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Helmut Dietz (born January 16, 1965 in Neustadt an der Donau ) is a former German judoka who was third in the 1987 European Championship.

Athletic career

The 1.72 m tall Helmut Dietz fought in the super lightweight, the weight class up to 60 kilograms. The judoka from TSV Abensberg was second in the German championships in 1983 behind Peter Jupke . In 1984 he finished seventh at the Junior European Championships. In 1986 he finished second at the World Military Championships. In 1987 Dietz took third place at the German Championships for the third time in a row. At the European Championships in Paris in 1987 , Dietz lost in the semifinals against Chasret Tlezeri from the Soviet Union, in the battle for a bronze medal he defeated the Italian Marino Cattedra .

In spring 1988 Helmut Dietz won both the international tournament in Potsdam and the German Open in Heilbronn. At the Olympic Games in Seoul he won his first fight against the Pole Ireneusz Kiejda and his second fight against the Dutch Guno Berenstein by punishing the opponent ( Keikoku ). In the quarterfinals he was defeated by the South Korean Kim Jae-yup after 2:59 minutes. After his defeat in the round of hope against Amiran Totikashvili from the Soviet Union, Dietz finished seventh. A year after the Olympic Games, Dietz lost his opening fight at the 1989 World Championships in Belgrade against Amiran Totikashvili, after three wins and one defeat in the round of hope, Dietz finished seventh. In the years 1988 to 1990 Dietz took second place in German championships three times, in 1988 and 1990 behind Richard Trautmann and in 1989 behind Ralf Wylenzek , Dietz never won a championship title in an individual championship. However, he won the German team championship title several times with his TSV Abensberg in the 1990s and was also successful several times in the European Cup.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ German Championships in 1983 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 105
  3. ^ German championships at sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Dietz, Helmut
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judoka
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Neustadt an der Donau