Robert Berland
.jpg) Berland in 2009 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 5, 1961 (age 63) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Judoka |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Judo |
| Weight class | –86 kg |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic Games |  (1984) |
| World Champ. | 
(1983) |
| Pan American Champ. | 
(1986) |
Medal record | |
| Profile at external databases | |
| IJF | 53763 |
| JudoInside.com | 5997 |
| Updated on June 19, 2023 | |
Robert "Bobby" Berland (born November 5, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Olympic judoka.
Biography
[edit]He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
Berland is Jewish.[2] In 1984 he won the silver in the Judo at the under 86 kg (Middleweight) division. He was the first American and graduate of Mather High School[citation needed] to receive an Olympic silver medal in judo.
Berland also won a bronze medal in the 1983 World Judo Championships.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Robert Berland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900888. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
External links
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Media related to Robert Berland at Wikimedia Commons
- Robert Berland at the International Judo Federation
- Robert Berland at JudoInside.com
- Robert Berland at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Robert Berland at Olympics.com
- Robert Berland at Olympedia
- Robert Berland at The-Sports.org
- Robert Berland at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- US Olympic medalists in judo at JudoInfo.com
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- 1961 births
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- American male judoka
- Olympic judoka for the United States
- Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in judo
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Mather High School alumni
- Judoka at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in judo
- Jewish American sportspeople
- San Jose State Spartans judoka
- 20th-century American sportsmen
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