Detlef Ultsch (born November 7, 1955) is a former East Germanjudoathlete. November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR), German Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), was a Communist state that existed from 1949 to 1990 in the former Soviet occupation zone of Germany. ... Judo (Japanese: 柔道 Jūdō) is a martial art, a sport and a philosophy which originated in Japan. ... An athlete is a person possessing above average physical skills (strength, agility, and endurance) and thus seen suitable for physical activities, in particular, contests. ...
Detlef Ultsch was born in Sonneberg/Thuringia. He is the first German judo world champion and became a double world middleweight champion 1979 in Paris and 1983 in Moscow. Sonneberg is a town in Thuringia, capital of the district Sonneberg. ... The Free State of Thuringia (German Freistaat Thüringen) lies in central Germany and is among the smaller of the countrys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states), with an area of 16,200 sq. ... The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. ... A World Championship is any contest to determine the best in the world in a particular field. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Saint Basils Cathedral Moscow listen? ( Russian/Cyrillic: Москва́, pronunciation: Moskva), capital of Russia, located on the river Moskva, and encompassing 1097. ...
At the 1979 world championships in Paris, Russia, France and Japan rule.
The world champions are Thierry Rey, Nikolai Solodukhin, Kyoto Katsuki, Shojo Fujii, GermanDetlefUltsch, Tengiz Khubuluri and Yasuhiro Yamashita.
Shojo Fujii (Jpn) wins his fourth world title in a row and the first of four world titles goes to the greatest modern day judo man, Yasuhiro Yamashita.