Wolfgang Biedron
Wolfgang Biedron (born June 11, 1951 in Hohenfels , Bavaria ) is a former Swedish judoka . In 1977 he won a bronze medal at the European Championships.
Athletic career
Wolfgang Biedron grew up in the GDR and his sporting career began in Sweden. In 1973 he won an international tournament in Kerkrade. At the European Championships in 1977 in Ludwigshafen, the Frenchman Yves Delvingt won the half-light weight category in front of the Hungarian Ferenc Szabó , followed by Torsten Reißmann from the GDR and Wolfgang Biedron who won the bronze medals. Two years later, Biedron lost in the quarter-finals of the 1979 European Championships in Brussels against Nikolai Soloduchin from the Soviet Union. At the World Championships in Paris in 1979 he lost to Yves Delvingt early on and ultimately finished seventh. The following year he defeated the Brazilian Luis Onmura in the last sixteen at the Olympic Games in Moscow . In the quarterfinals he was defeated by the Mongolian Tsendiin Damdin , after his defeat against Yves Delvingt, Biedron finished seventh.
The 1.70 m tall Wolfgang Biedron is married to the judoka Eva Wikström .
Web links
- Tournament results at JudoInside.com
- Wolfgang Biedron in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Biedron, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Biedron, Wolfgang Horst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohenfels , Bavaria |