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Judo
1982 Ingrid Berghmans (Neth) retains judo's world championship

1964 Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner

1961 Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion

1959 Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze

1959 Corinne Shigemoto, U.S. judo coach 1996 Olympics

1956 World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo

1953 Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo, 1980 Olympics gold

1952 Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, Oly-76, /WLAF GM for the Rhein Fire

1951 Hector Rodriguez, born in Cuba, lightweight judo 1976 Olympics gold

1951 Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo, Olympic-1976

1944 Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo 1964 Olympic gold

1943 Allen James Coage, New York City, HW judo 1976 Olympics bronze

1941 Vitali Kuznetsov, U.S.S.R., judo 1972 Olympics silver

1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Olympics gold 1972

1934 Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold



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