The judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics was the first time the sport was included in the Summer Olympic Games. As a result, decades of judo being officially banned as an "imperialist sport" i
Judo at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
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Antonius Johannes Geesink was a Dutch 10th dan judoka. He was the first non-Japanese judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championships, a feat he accomplished in 1961 and 1965. He was also an Olympic
Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics
…Eui-tae South Korea Heavyweight +80 kg Isao Inokuma Japan Doug Rogers Canada Parnaoz Chikviladze Soviet Union Anzor Kiknadze Soviet Union Open category Anton Geesink Netherlands Akio Kaminaga Japan Theodore Boronovskis Australia Klaus Glahn United Team of Germany Participating nations Judo at the 1964 Olympics on a…
Geesink in 1961
Geesink in 1956
Geesink (right) in Rififi in Amsterdam
Geesink with wife and children in 1964