Rainer Fischer (born September 14, 1949) is a Canadian retired

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, who represented Canada at the

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in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He won the gold medal at the

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in the men's middleweight division (– 80 kg) and a bronze medal at the 1974 Pan American judo championships in Panama. He won six national titles between 1972 and 1976 including three Middleweight (-80 kg) and three Open Weight titles as a middleweight. Fischer was born in

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1949 births Living people Canadian male judoka Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Canada German emigrants to Canada Sportspeople from Hamburg Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Judoka at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian people 21st-century Canadian people {{Canada-judo-bio-stub

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