Klaus Hennig (Judoka)

Klaus Hennig (born January 27, 1944 in Breslau ) is a former judoka from the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In 1970 he won the European Championships.

Hennig grew up in Schwerin and was delegated to SC Dynamo Berlin . There he developed in the sports club from 1963 as a heavyweight to succeed Karl Nitz . As East German champion, he replaced Herbert Niemann from ASK Vorwärts Berlin . Henning won the GDR heavyweight championship title in 1966 and 1967. After the judo department was outsourced to SC Dynamo Hoppegarten , coach Gert Schneider's protégé won both the heavyweight and open categories from 1970 to 1972. In 1966, 1967 and 1968 he received the bronze medal in the open category at the European Championships, in 1967 he also won bronze in the heavyweight division. At the European Judo Championships in 1970 in East Berlin , Hennig won the final against the favored Dutchman Wim Ruska . In 1972 Hennig won another bronze medal at the European Championships in Voorburg. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Hennig was eliminated in the heavyweight division against Klaus Glahn and in the open class against Angelo Parisi .

Hennig was a trained screen printer. As a member of Dynamo, he was a sports soldier in the Feliks Dzierzynski Guard Regiment , where he was a lieutenant. After the fall of the Wall , Hennig worked as a physiotherapist.

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

• GDR heavyweight champion
• GDR champion in the open category
• Klaus Hennig in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )