Ole Bischof

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Ole Bischof
Ole Bischof 2018 (cropped2).jpg
Bischof in 2018
Personal information
Born27 August 1979 (1979-08-27) (age 46)
Occupation Judoka
Website Official website OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Sport
Country Germany
Sport Judo
Weight class –81 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Gold medal.svg (2008)
World Champ. Bronze medal world centered-2.svg (2009)
European Champ. Gold medal europe.svg (2005)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Beijing 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2012 London 81 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Rotterdam 81 kg
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Rotterdam 81 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Bucharest 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Istanbul 81 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Paris 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2009 Moscow 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Moscow 81 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Moscow 81 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2009 Tunis 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Tunis 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Baku 81 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Düsseldorf 81 kg
Summer Universiade
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Jeju 81 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 610
JudoInside.com 211
Updated on 25 May 2023

Ole Bischof (born 27 August 1979 in Reutlingen) is a German judoka. [1] He is trained by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wieneke.

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Biography

Bischof began in the TSG Reutlingen with judo. He became German champion at the age of 18 in 1997 in the age-group U21. Four years later, in 2001, he won the title of German champion in the Men's category. Following this, he won medals on more international competitions and became 2005 European champion.

Since 2001, Bischof has been competing in the team competitions for the TSV Abensberg. With the TSV Abensberg, he became team champion and 2006 European cup winner from 2002 to 2008.

For the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Ole was replaced Florian Wanner. Bischof was the best placed German in the world rankings, with Wanner holding the title of world champion (2003 in Osaka/Japan).

During the Olympics, Ole defeated judokas such as Tiago Camilo who was the silver medallist in Sydney 2000 and Roman Gontyuk, the silver medallist of Athens 2004. Ole won the -81 kg Olympic game by defeating Kim Jae-Bum of South Korea. In the 2012 London Olympics Bischof won the silver medal, being defeated in the final by Kim Jae-Bum. [2] He announced his retirement in September 2012.

In 2008 he appeared on the game show Schlag den Raab . He lost to Raab 3-63.

During his career he studied economics and graduated as a Diplom Volkswirt.

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2012 Summer Olympics 2ndHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2011 European Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2009 European Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2009 World Judo Championships 3rdHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2008 Summer Olympics 1stHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2007 European Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2006 European Judo Championships 5thHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2005 European Judo Championships 1stHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2004 European Judo Championships 2ndHalf middleweight (–81 kg)
2003 Universiade 3rdHalf middleweight (–81 kg)

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ole Bischof". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. "German Judoka Bischof falls short in the final". DW.de. 31 July 2012.

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