Udo Quellmalz (born 8 March 1967 in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
) is a German
judoka, who is nicknamed ''Quelle''.
He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight (60–66 kg) division, in
1992 and
1996.
After he retired from competitive judo in 1998, Udo moved to Great Britain where he took the role of British Judo Performance Director. Since 2006 he has worked as head coach for the Austrian judo team and moved back to live in Germany. He is a sports science graduate from
Leipzig University
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...
in Germany and is a qualified sports teacher.
External links
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profile with imagesVideos of Udo Quellmalz in action(judovision.org)
1967 births
Living people
German male judoka
Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of East Germany
Olympic judoka of Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Sportspeople from Leipzig
Olympic medalists in judo
World judo champions
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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