Exactly after ten years it has Wolfgang Löffler achieved again in the M9 -73 kg age group. He will be world champion again. After a bye, he defeated the American Corneliu Mihalca and reached the semi-finals. He wins it as does his teammate Lahence Gherram and both are in an all-German final of these World Championships. Wolfgang Löffler wins this duel and wins the gold medal, Lahence Gherram becomes vice world champion.
The second German world champion Willy Huber Although he lost his first fight against the Canadian Ralph Ibanez in the M9 -66 kg class, he was later disqualified in the fight against the Finnish Tom Pahlmann. With five participants in this weight class, everyone fights against everyone and Willy Huber wins the next three fights against Tom Pahlmann and the two Japanese Kiyoshi Katagiri and Yasuhiro Sasaki. He deserves to be world champion.
In class M6 -73 kg Robert Andrews as well as Manfred Zöllner Vice world champion in the M8 -81 kg class.
The German athletes achieved the following placements:
Gold:
Willy Huber – M9 -66 kg Wolfgang Löffler – M9 -73 kg
Silber:
Robert Endras – M6 -90 kg Manfred Zöllner – M8 -81 kg Lahence Gherram – M9 -73 kg
Bronze:
Torsten Heilmann – M6 -73 kg Gerald Fuchs – M7 -73 kg Nils Petersen – M7 -90 kg Andreas Bartsch – M7 -90 kg Ralph Gotta – M8 -73 kg Teodor Keppel – M9 -90 kg Lothar Sterlinsky – M9 +100 kg
Fourth:
Josef Förch – M7 -60 kg
Fifth:
Olaf Rodewald – M6 -90 kg Georg Grofer – M7 +100 kg Jasper Holger – M9 +100 kg
Seventh:
Olaf Lange – M6 -100 kg
The World Championships continue on Wednesday with the M1 and M3 weight classes
Time schedule:
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
The AK M1 and M3 start at 6:00 p.m. (3:00 p.m. CET): draw M4/M5
Live on judotv.com
Results on the IJF website
2023-10-31 22:42:29
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