Detlef Ultsch (born 7 November 1955) is an

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

former

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. Ultsch was born in

Sonneberg Sonneberg () in Thuringia, Germany, is the seat of the Sonneberg district. It is in the Franconian south of Thuringia, neighboring its Upper Franconian twin town Neustadt bei Coburg. Sonneberg became known as the "world toy city", and is home ...

Bezirk Suhl The Bezirk Suhl was a district (''Bezirk'') of East Germany. The administrative seat and the main town was Suhl. History The district was established, with the other 13, on 25 July 1952, substituting the old German states. After 3 October 1990 i ...

. Ultsch is the first

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

judo

world champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game ...

and became a double world middleweight champion, winning the title in Paris 1979 and Moscow 1983. He also competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

and the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

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* * * 1955 births Living people People from Sonneberg Sportspeople from Bezirk Suhl German male judoka Martial artists from Thuringia Olympic judoka for East Germany East German male judoka Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in silver {{Germany-judo-bio-stub Stasi informants