Willy Wilhelm

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Wilhelmus "Willy" Paul Karel Wilhelm (born September 16, 1958 in 's-Hertogenbosch ) is a former Dutch judoka . He won two medals at world championships and was European champion in 1986.

Career

The 1.98 m tall Willy Wilhelm competed in the heavyweight or open class. In 1980 he won the military world championships in Graz. At the European Championships in Debrecen in 1981 he reached the final in the open class and won silver behind Poland's Wojciech Reszko . A month later, Wilhelm defended his military world title in Colorado. In 1982 he was Dutch champion in both heavyweight and open classes. At the European Championships in Rostock in 1982 , he finished fifth in the open class after losing in the battle for bronze against Fred Olhorn from the GDR. At the military world championships in São Paulo he won the heavyweight division, in the final of the open class he was defeated by the Italian Marino Beccacece .

In 1983 Willy Wilhelm won the Dutch heavyweight championship title after having only finished third in the open class. At the European Championships in 1983 he finished fifth in the heavyweight division after losing to French Angelo Parisi in the battle for bronze . Five months later at the World Championships in Moscow he defeated the Egyptian Mohamed Ali Rashwan in the round of 16 of the heavyweight division , the Canadian Mark Berger in the quarter-finals and the Romanian Mihai Cioc in the semi-finals . In the final he was defeated by the Japanese Yasuhiro Yamashita . At the start of the 1984 Olympic year, Willy Wilhelm won the Dutch heavyweight championship. At the European Championships in Liège he was defeated in the quarterfinals by the heavyweight Vladimír Kocman from Czechoslovakia, with victories in the round of hope over Marino Beccacece, Mihai Cioc and the Bulgarian Dimitar Saprjanow Willy Wilhelm fought his way to the bronze medal. At the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Wilhelm also only competed in the heavyweight division. He lost his opening match against the Yugoslav Radomir Kovačević by referee decision (Yusei-gachi). At the end of 1984 Wilhelm won the military world championships in the heavyweight division in Seoul, in the open class he took second place behind Peter Seisenbacher from Austria.

The following year he won again the heavyweight title and bronze in the open class at the military world championships in Riccione. At the 1985 World Championships in Seoul, he lost to the Japanese Yoshimi Masaki in the quarter-finals of the open class , but then fought his way to the bronze medal. At the 1986 European Championships in Belgrade, Wilhelm competed in the heavyweight division and defeated the Swiss Clemens Jehle in the quarterfinals , the Bulgarian Dimitar Saprjanow in the semifinals and Henry Stöhr from the GDR in the final . 1987 Willy Wilhelm took part in the world championships in Essen in the open class, but was eliminated in the round of 16 against Clemens Jehle.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ 1992 World Military Championships at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 955
  4. ↑ Military World Championships in 1984 at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelm, Willy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilhelm, Wilhelmus Paul Karel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch judoka
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH 's-Hertogenbosch