Alexander Leibkind (19 October 1952,
Munich
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,
Germany
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– 18 May 2006,
New York, New York
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) was a German
judoka
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and sports manager. He was a member of the German Judo national team from 1971 to 1979, and participated in the
1976 Olympics 1976 Olympics refers to both:
*The 1976 Winter Olympics, which were originally to be held in Denver, United States, but relocated to Innsbruck, Austria
*The 1976 Summer Olympics
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as a lightweight (63-kg class). He served as general manager of
Düsseldorf
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-based
American football
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team
Rhein Fire Rhein Fire may refer to either of two American football franchises:
* Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)
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of
NFL Europe
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from 1996 through 2004. He managed Düsseldorf's
bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Sources
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ALEXANDER LEIBKIND VERSTORBEN ''Alles Ausser Sport''
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1952 births
2006 deaths
German male judoka
Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for West Germany
Martial artists from Munich
20th-century German sportsmen
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