1982 Event Ingrid Berghmans (Netherlands) retains judo's world championship 1964 Event Anton Geesink is 1st non-Japanese Olympic judo gold medal winner 1961 Event Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion 1959 Birthday Edward Liddie, born in Union, Georgia, Judo fighter 1984 Olympics bronze 1959 Birthday Corinne Shigemoto, U.S. judo coach 1996 Olympics 1956 Event World championships of judo are 1st held, in Tokyo 1953 Birthday Angelo Parisi, France, heavyweight judo, Gold Medal 1980 Olympics 1952 Birthday Alexander Leibkind, Germany, judo, 1976 Olympics, WLAF, General Manager for the Rhein Fire 1951 Birthday Hector Rodriguez, born in Cuba, lightweight judo 1976 Olympics gold 1951 Birthday Gil Pak Jong, Korea PR, judo, Olympic-1976 1944 Birthday Isao Okano, Japan, middleweight judo 1964 Olympic gold 1943 Birthday Allen James Coage, New York City, HW judo 1976 Olympics bronze 1941 Birthday Vitali Kuznetsov, U.S.S.R., judo 1972 Olympics silver 1940 Birthday Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ, Gold Medal 1972 Olympics 1934 Birthday Antonius Geesink, Holland, judo 1964 Olympic gold
