Waldemar Legień
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Born | (1963-08-28) 28 August 1963 (age 60) Bytom, Polish People’s Republic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Poland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –78 kg, –86 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 7th dan black belt[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Czarni Bytom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 5 June 2023 |
Waldemar Legień (born 28 August 1963) is a Polish retired judoka. He won two Olympic gold medals in different weight classes, in 1988 and 1992. He is also the first person to win back-to-back two Olympic gold medals in Judo.[2]
For his achievements, he received the Commandor's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta in 2019 (previously Knight's Cross in 1988 and Officer's Cross in 1992).[citation needed]
Legień is the manager of Racing Club de France in Paris.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Alljudo.net, les champions de judo : LEGIEN, Waldemar" (in French). 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 30 June 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Waldemar Legień". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
Media related to Waldemar Legień at Wikimedia Commons
- Waldemar Legień at the International Judo Federation
- Waldemar Legień at JudoInside.com
- Waldemar Legień at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Waldemar Legień at Olympics.com
- Waldemar Legień at Olympedia
- Waldemar Legień at The-Sports.org
- Waldemar Legień at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Real Judo at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-09-27)
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Preceded by | Flagbearer for ![]() 1992 Barcelona | Succeeded by |
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- 1972:
Toyokazu Nomura (JPN)
- 1976:
Vladimir Nevzorov (URS)
- 1980:
Shota Khabareli (URS)
- 1984:
Frank Wieneke (FRG)
- 1988:
Waldemar Legień (POL)
- 1992:
Hidehiko Yoshida (JPN)
- 1996:
Djamel Bouras (FRA)
- 2000:
Makoto Takimoto (JPN)
- 2004:
Ilias Iliadis (GRE)
- 2008:
Ole Bischof (GER)
- 2012:
Kim Jae-bum (KOR)
- 2016:
Khasan Khalmurzaev (RUS)
- 2020:
Takanori Nagase (JPN)
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