Ole Bischof

Ole Bischof

Medal record Competitor for  Germany Men's Judo Olympic Games 2008 Beijing –81 kg 2012 London –81 kg World Championships 2009 Rotterdam –81 kg European Championships 2005 Rotterdam –81 kg 2004 Bucharest –81 kg 2011 Istanbul –81 kg

Ole Bischof (born 27 August 1979 in Reutlingen) is a German judoka. He is trained by 1984 Olympic gold medalist Frank Wieneke.

Biography

Bischof began in the TSG Reutlingen with judo. He became German champion at the age of 18 in 1997 in the age-group U21. Four years later, in 2001, he continued his success by winning the title of German champion in the Men's category. Following this, he won numerous medals on more international competitions and became 2005 European champion.

Since 2001, Bischof has been competing in the team competitions for the TSV Abensberg. With the TSV Abensberg, he became team champion and 2006 European cup winner from 2002 to 2008.

For the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Ole was replaced by judoka Florian Wanner. The choice in favour of Wanner was tight because Bischof was the best placed German in the world rankings, with Wanner holding the title of world champion (2003 in Osaka/Japan).

During the Olympics, Ole defeated many top judokas such as Tiago Camilo who was the silver medallist in Sydney 2000 and Roman Gontyuk, the silver medallist of Athens 2004. Ole won the -81 kg Olympic game by defeating Kim Jae-Bum of South Korea. In the 2012 London Olympics Bischof won the silver medal, being defeated in the final by Kim Jae-Bum.^[1] He announced his retirement in September 2012.

During his career he studied economics and graduated as a Diplom Volkswirt. Since October 2012 he works at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a consultant.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Place	Weight class
2012	Summer Olympics	2nd	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2011	European Judo Championships	3rd	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2009	European Judo Championships	5th	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2009	World Judo Championships	3rd	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2008	Summer Olympics	1st	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2007	European Judo Championships	5th	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2006	European Judo Championships	5th	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2005	European Judo Championships	1st	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2004	European Judo Championships	2nd	Half middleweight (–81 kg)
2003	Universiade	3rd	Half middleweight (–81 kg)

References

1. "German Judoka Bischof falls short in the final". Retrieved 2012-07-31.

• Ole Bischof at JudoInside.com
• Videos of Ole Bischof (judovision.org)

External links

• Official website