Udo Quellmalz (born 8 March 1967 in

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) is a German

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, who is nicknamed ''Quelle''. He won two Olympic medals in the half-lightweight (60–66 kg) division, in

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and

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. After he retired from competitive judo in 1998, Udo moved to Great Britain where he took the role of British Judo Performance Director. Since 2006 he has worked as head coach for the Austrian judo team and moved back to live in Germany. He is a sports science graduate from

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in Germany and is a qualified sports teacher.

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(judovision.org) 1967 births Living people German male judoka Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka of East Germany Olympic judoka of Germany Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Sportspeople from Leipzig Olympic medalists in judo World judo champions Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics {{Germany-judo-bio-stub