Josef "Pepi" Reiter (born 8 January 1959) is a retired
judoka
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from
Austria, who represented his native country at three consecutive
Summer Olympics
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. He is a seventh degree black belt.
Reiter was born in
Niederwaldkirchen,
Oberösterreich
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, a ...
.
Reiter won a bronze medal in the
men's lightweight division (65 kg), alongside
Marc Alexandre
Marc Alexandre (born 30 October 1959) is a retired judoka from France, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1984 and 1988). He was born in Paris.
Alexandre won the bronze medal in the men's half-lightweigh ...
of
France, at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles, California.
Personal life
His son
Georg Reiter
Georg Reiter (born 24 December 1986) is a retired judoka from Austria. He is a first degree black belt.
Career
He played for UJZ Mühlviertel. He was employed at the Heeresleistungssportzentrum. In 2018 he ended his career.
Personal life
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was also a judoka.
He won the PJC World Cup Miami in 2012.
References
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UJZ Mühlviertel
1959 births
Living people
Austrian male judoka
Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Austria
Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
People from Rohrbach District
Sportspeople from Upper Austria
20th-century Austrian people
21st-century Austrian people
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