Peter Jupke

Peter Jupke (born June 3, 1957 in Ingolstadt ) is a former German judoka . He was vice world champion in 1985 in the weight class up to 60 kg body weight.

Career

Peter Jupke began playing judo as a teenager in Töging in 1968 . He later switched to ESV Ingolstadt and was already very successful in the youth and junior sector. The 1.64 m tall and almost 65 kg heavy heating technician was Bavarian and South German youth champion in 1973, international German youth champion in 1974, German and Bavarian youth champion in 1975, took fifth place at the European junior championships in 1977 and was again German junior champion in 1978.

Peter Jupke celebrated his first big success with the seniors at the international German championships in Paderborn in 1978, with his second right to start for TSV Großhadern . He won there in the extra lightweight (up to 60 kg body weight). He beat the top German Judoka Helmut Grobelin from Witten , Franz Fischer from TSV Munich - Großhadern and James Rohleder , Wolfsburg .

At the German championships in Hamburg in 1979 , Peter Jupke came third in the extra lightweight, behind Helmut Grobelin and Franz Fischer. For this he sat again in the same year at the international German championships in Munich. He won there ahead of Fernc Kollar from Hungary .

In 1980, Peter Jupke was the South German champion in Tiengen ahead of Thilo Zdrenka from TSV Großhadern and was also the first German champion in the extra lightweight in Berlin . He referred Helmut Grobelin, Martin von der Brenken from Braunschweig and Thilo Zdrenka to their places. In the same year he took a good third place at the Dutch championships in Kerkrade behind Doc Tono, USA and Pirus Margiani, Soviet Union .

In 1981 Peter Jupke made his debut at World Judo Championships. He started in Maastricht in the extra-lightweight and finished behind Yasuhiko Moriwaki from Japan , Pavel Petrikov, CSSR , Felice Mariani, Italy and Philip Takahashi from Canada an excellent fifth place. He was absent from the German championships this year due to an injury.

In 1982 Peter Jupke won his second German championship title in Dillingen / Saar , followed by the third in 1983 in Würzburg . He won there ahead of Helmut Dietz from TSV Abensberg , Harald Neuhaus from Düsseldorf and Grieschert from Hamburg . In 1983 Peter Jupke also won his first medal at international championships. At the European Championships in Paris , he and Klaus-Peter Stollberg from the GDR took third place in the extra lightweight, behind Kasret Tletseri from the Soviet Union and Andrzej Dziemianiuk from Poland .

In 1984 Peter Jupke qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Los Angeles. But there he couldn't place himself in the front field.

In 1985 he took third place at the International German Championships in Rüsselsheim behind the Japanese Ozawa and the English John Eckersley . At the world championships this year in Seoul he celebrated the greatest success of his career. After a defeat in the final against the Japanese Shinji Hosokawa, he was runner-up in the world championship . Kasret Tletseri and Tamás Bujkó from Hungary followed in the next places. At the German championships in Frankenthal after these world championships, Peter Jupke started in the light-lightweight (up to 65 kg body weight) and was defeated there in the final by his club mate Joachim Brenner.

Peter Jupke's career continued successfully in 1986. He took a good second place at the TRE TORRE tournament in Porto Sant Eplidio / Italy in the light-lightweight behind the Czech J. Kalas and in front of R. Schöndorfer, FRG and Z. Kuthauz, CSSR and was then at the European Championships in Belgrade in the extra Lightweight behind József Csák from Hungary but ahead of Kazret Tletseri and Patrik Roux from France Vice European Champion .

In 1987 Peter Jupke had to admit defeat to Harald Neuhaus at the German championships and came in second ahead of Helmut Dietz and Ralf Wylenzik from Rüsselsheim . Finally he won his fourth German championship title in 1988, this time in the light-lightweight. He left Stefan Buben from Bremen , Davor Vlskovac from Böblingen and Peter Schlatter from Heidelberg behind. For the Olympic Games this year he could no longer qualify.

After his active career, Peter Jupke was for many years the judo sports director and trainer at the Bundesliga club MTV Ingolstadt.

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championships, EM = European Championships, EL = extra lightweight, HL = semi-lightweight, back then up to 60 kg or 65 kg body weight)

• 1978, 1st place , intern. German championships in Paderborn , EL, ahead of Franz Fischer, BRD a . James Rohleder , FRG;
• 1979, 1st place , intern. German championships in Munich , EL before Ferenc Kollar, Hungary a . Harald Schmidt, FRG;
• 1980, 2nd place , intern. Dutch championships in Kerkrade , EL, behind Doc Tono, USA a . Pirus Margiani, USSR , together with Tibor Hineres, Hungary ;
• 1981, 5th place , World Championship in Maastricht , EL, behind Yasuhiko Moriwaki , Japan , Pavel Petrikov, CSSR , Felice Mariani, Italy a . Philip Takahashi, Canada ;
• 1983, 3rd place , EM in Paris , EL, behind Kasret Tletseri , USSR a. Andrzej Dziemianiuk , Poland , together with Klaus-Peter Sollberg , GDR ;
• 1985, 3rd place , intern. German championships in Rüsselsheim , EL, behind Ozawa, Japan and John Eckersley , Great Britain , together with Fiedler, Austria ;
• 1985, 2nd place , World Championship in Seoul , EL, behind Shinji Hosokawa , Japan a. before Kasret Tletseri u. Tamás Bujkó , Hungary;
• 1986, 2nd place , EM in Belgrade , EL, behind József Csák , Hungary a. before Kasret Tletseri u. Patrik Roux . France

German championships with Peter Jupke

Judo Club Neuwied

• 1979, EL: 1. Helmut Grobelin, Witten , 2. Franz Fischer, Großhadern , 3. Peter Jupke a. Dieter Gruschwitz ( Judo Club Neuwied );
• 1980, EL: 1. Peter Jupke, 2. Helmut Grobelin, 3. Martin von der Berken, Braunschweig a . Thilo Zdrenka, Großhadern;
• 1981, EL: 1. Harald Neuhaus, Düsseldorf, 2. Peter Jupke;
• 1982, EL: 1. Peter Jupke;
• 1983, EL, 1. Peter Jupke, 2. Helmut Dietz , Abensberg , 3. Harald Neuhaus a. Grieschert, Hamburg;
• 1985, HL: 1. Joachim Brenner, Großhadern, 2. Peter Jupke;
• 1987, EL: 1. Harald Neuhaus, 2. Peter Jupke, 3. Helmut Dietz u. Ralf Wylenzik, Rüsselsheim ;
• 1988, HL: 1. Peter Jupke, 2. Stefan Buben, Bremen , 3. Before Vlaskovac, Böblingen a . Peter Schlatter, Heidelberg

swell

• Website "sport-komplett.de",
• TSV München-Großhadern website,
• MTV Ingolstadt website,
• private archive (newspaper clippings) of the author