Torsten Bréchôt Explained

Birth Date:11 September 1964
Birth Place:Schwerin, East Germany
Country:East Germany
Weight Class:‍–‍78 kg
Worlds Rank:2
Worlds Year:1985
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:5
Regionals Year:1988
Olympics Rank:3
Olympics Year:1988
Olympics Weight:Men's 78 kg
Updated:6 June 2023

Torsten Bréchôt (né Oehmigen, born 11 September 1964 in Schwerin, Bezirk Schwerin) is a male retired judoka from Germany, who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won a bronze medal in the Men's Half-Middleweight (78 kg) division after being defeated in the semi-finals by West Germany's eventual silver medalist Frank Wieneke.[1]

With a birth name of Oehmigen, he took on his wife's surname in 1985.

Notes and References

  1. Torsten Bréchôt . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/br/torsten-brechot-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 30 October 2018 .