San Bartolomé de Tirajana recognizes the German judoka Walter Trapp

 

Veteran judo master Walter Trapp, six-time world champion, five-time European champion and eleven-time consecutive German champion, is taking advantage of his vacation in San Bartolomé de Tirajana to give master classes on his main fighting techniques to the students of the Sports Club. Bushican Maspalomas. 

 

The fourth deputy mayor and Sports Councilor, Ramón Suárez Ojeda, personally presented him this Tuesday with an institutional recognition for his extensive and exemplary sports career, and for the affection that he has always shown to this municipality, to which he goes as a place of rest. once or twice a year since 1995.

 

Walter Trapp, a native of the German town of Duisburg (Düsseldorf), is 77 years old and has the seventh Dan of judo, a sport he has practiced since 1957. He considers it one of his main vitamins of life. He fought in official competitions until he was 44 years old and after a break he returned to the competitive tatami until he decided to retire after the 2015 World Masters. 

 

 

 

Trapp is considered the most decorated veteran judoka in the world. Wherever he goes he is known as 'the professor'. In fact, he is passionate about teaching judo, a task in which he has applied himself as a coach, especially with children and young people, for more than 30 years. He is a true perfectionist. In his classes he still demonstrates the disciplined and meticulous character of his main techniques, especially in legs and judo-floor, and in the shoulder throw.