Detlef Ultsch (born 7 November 1955) is a former

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ka. He was born in

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. He is the first

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and became a double world middleweight champion 1979 in

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and 1983 in

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* 1955 births Living people People from Sonneberg People from Bezirk Suhl German male judoka Sportspeople from Thuringia Olympic judoka of East Germany Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics People of the Stasi Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-judo-bio-stub