James Bregman

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James "Jim" Steven Bregman (born November 17, 1941 in Washington, DC ) is a former American judoka .

Bregman began judo at the age of twelve. After high school, he attended Sophia University in Tokyo, where he studied his sport more intensively than would have been possible in the United States. On his return he won the US Middleweight Championships in May 1964.

At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964, he won his preliminary group in front of the Mexican Gabriel Goldschmied and the Australian Peter Paige and the quarter-finals against the Argentine Rodolfo Pérez . In the semifinals he was defeated by the German Wolfgang Hofmann and received the bronze medal.

In 1965, the 1.70 m tall Bregman won the Pan American Championships. At the World Judo Championships in 1965, he won a bronze medal.

literature

Web links