Johannes Wohlwend (born 15 November 1964) is a retired male
judoka
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from
Liechtenstein
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, who competed for his native country at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul, South Korea
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. There he was eliminated in the repêchage round of the Men's Lightweight (– 71 kg) division by West Germany's
Steffen Stranz
Steffen Stranz (born 16 May 1960 in Kassel, Hessen) is a retired male judoka from Germany, who twice competed for West Germany at the Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1988.
At the 1988 Olympic Games, Stranz was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ...
.
Wohlwend was one out of four judokas from Liechtenstein competing in South Korea and finished in 7th place; the other ones being
Arnold Frick,
Daniel Brunhart, and
Magnus Büchel. He also competed at the
1984 Summer Olympics
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in
Los Angeles, California
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and finished in 9th place. Johannes Wohlwend is the Secretary General of the NOC Liechtenstein since 2001.
References
sports-reference
1964 births
Living people
Liechtenstein male judoka
20th-century Liechtenstein sportsmen
Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Liechtenstein
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