Ole Bishop

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Ole Bishop Judo
Portraits at the Olympic outfit Munich 2018 (Martin Rulsch) 30.jpg
Bishop in January 2018
nation Germany
birthday August 27, 1979
place of birth Reutlingen ,  Germany
size 181 cm
Weight 81 kg
job Consultant
Career
graduation

5th Dan  - Godan Judo black belt.svg

society TSV Abensberg
Trainer Detlef Ultsch / Frank Wieneke
status not active
End of career 2012
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × gold 1 × silver 0 × bronze
World championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
European championships 1 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Olympic games
gold 2008 Beijing up to 81 kg
silver 2012 London up to 81 kg
World championships
bronze 2009 Rotterdam up to 81 kg
European championships
gold 2005 Rotterdam up to 81 kg
silver 2004 Bucharest up to 81 kg
bronze 2011 Istanbul up to 81 kg
Ole Bischof in the year of his Olympic victory, 2008

Ole Bischof (born August 27, 1979 in Reutlingen ) is a former German judoka who became Olympic champion in the weight class up to 81 kg at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Life and athletic career

Ole Bischof is the son of Gunter Bischof , a successful judoka who, among other things, was a federal instructor in the German Judo Association . Ole Bischof started judo at TSG Reutlingen in 1992 . At the age of 18 he became German champion in the U20 age group. Four years later, in 2001, the title of German men's championship followed. As a result, he won numerous medals at international level and was European champion in 2005 .

He started in the team competitions for TSV Abensberg since 2001 . With Abensberg he was German team champion from 2002 to 2011 and 2006 European Cup winner. He was voted "Most Valuable Fighter" by fans in 2005 and 2008.

For the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Ole Bischof was a replacement for Florian Wanner . The choice in favor of Wanner was extremely close, as Bischof was the best-placed German in the world rankings in 2004 , while Wanner had the title of reigning world champion ( 2003 in Osaka , Japan ).

On August 12, 2008, Bischof won the gold medal in the light middleweight division (class up to 81 kg) at the Olympic judo tournament in Beijing and became Olympic champion . In the final he defeated the South Korean Kim Jae-bum with a small inner sickle. Before that, Bischof had already defeated the 2007 world champion, Tiago Camilo from Brazil. His coach Frank Wieneke , who became Olympic champion in Los Angeles in 1984, ended his coaching activity after this success. Bischof's new national coach has been Detlef Ultsch since 2009 .

In November 2008, Bishop took part as a candidate in Schlag den Raab , but could not prevail against Raab .

In February 2012 he won the prestigious Tournoi de Paris and won the German home Grand Prix in Düsseldorf . This secured him the Olympic nomination for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There he won the silver medal when he lost to the South Korean Kim Jae-bum in the final in a new edition of the 2008 Olympic final.

During his sporting career, Bischof graduated from the University of Cologne with a degree in economics . He ended his sporting career in September 2012. Since October 2012 he has been working as a consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers . In addition, he occasionally gives judo courses. In December 2014, Bischof was elected Vice President of Competitive Sports of the German Olympic Sports Confederation (DOSB). He held this office for an electoral term. A short time later, he started a position in the finance and transformation sector at a large media group in Bavaria so that he could be closer to his family again.

Offices and Awards

  • In 2008, Bischof was awarded the Silver Laurel Leaf by Federal President Horst Köhler .
  • Besides Jigoro Kano, he is the only natural person who was used by the German Judo Association with a picture for the annual visual stamp (2010). To say goodbye to competitive sport, he received the helmet and breastplate of a samurai from the DJB.
  • Bishop has been an ambassador for the Laureus - Sport for Good Foundation since 2011 .
  • Since 2015 he has represented German sport on the media advisory board of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland .

Web links

Commons : Ole Bischof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bishop Wins Gold For Germany In Men's Judo. June 21, 2016, accessed September 5, 2016 .
  2. ^ Judo Museum - Judo trainer
  3. ↑ cf. Stefan Raab beats Olympic champion Ole Bischof , on presseportal.de, November 2, 2008
  4. ^ Olympic champion Bischof retires, spiegelonline.de. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  5. ↑ "I can resign with a medal" , sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  6. ↑ Competitive sport remains a matter for the boss FAZ.net, December 4, 2016.
  7. ↑ Ole Bischof: What happened to the man with the "golden hands"? Retrieved January 22, 2020 .
  8. ↑ cf. Laureus - Sport for Good Foundation Germany , at Laureus.de, November 25, 2011
  9. ↑ RTL program committee expanded to media advisory board. Retrieved September 5, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Bishop, Ole
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judoka
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutlingen , Germany