Robert Berland
{{short description|American Olympic judoka}}
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{{Infobox judoka
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| caption = Berland in 2009
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|November 5, 1961}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
| country = United States
| weight_class = {{nbnd}}86 kg
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| worlds_rank = 3
| worlds_year = 1983
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| regionals_type = AM
| regionals_rank = 2
| regionals_year = 1986
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| olympics_rank = 2
| olympics_year = 1984
| olympics_weight = Men's 86 kg
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{{Medal|Sport| Men's judo }}
{{Medal|Country| {{USA}} }}
{{Medal|Competition| Olympic Games }}
{{Medal|S| 1984 Los Angeles | {{nbnd}}86 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 1983 Moscow | {{nbnd}}86 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Games }}
{{Medal|S| 1983 Caracas | {{nbnd}}86 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Championships }}
{{Medal|S| 1986 Salinas Puerto Rico | {{nbnd}}95 kg }}
{{Medal|Competition| Pan American Cadet Championships }}
{{Medal|B| 1976 Mexico City | {{nbnd}}56 kg }}
| updated = June 19, 2023
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Robert "Bobby" Berland (born November 5, 1961, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American Olympic judoka.
Biography
He competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference}}
Berland is Jewish.{{cite book |title=Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics – With a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medalists |author=Taylor, Paul |publisher=Sussex Academic Press |year=2004 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t0KzECrIQDQC&dq=%22Jews+and+the+Olympic+Games%22+robert+berland&pg=PA225 |accessdate=October 17, 2011 |isbn=9781903900888}} 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|date=July 2024}} to receive an Olympic silver medal in judo.
Berland also won a bronze medal in the 1983 World Judo Championships.
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.judoinfo.com/usolympic.htm US Olympic medalists in judo] at JudoInfo.com
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Category:Olympic judoka for the United States
Category:Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in judo
Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Mather High School alumni
Category:Judoka at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in judo
Category:Jewish American sportspeople
Category:San Jose State Spartans judoka
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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