Alexander Czerwinski

Alexander Czerwinski born April 10 1969 in Rostock is a German actor former judoka World Sumo Champion and defensive player for the American football team the Rostock Griffins Czerwinski took up judo during his youth and began competing for ASK Frankfurt Oder in 1982 His achievements include among others a victory at the 1985 GDR Spartakiad in Berlin In 1998 he began training in sumo One year later he became the German national runnerup in both the heavyweight and open categories In 2000 competing with the German national team he won the World Sumo Championships in São Paulo and took second place at the European Championships in Kraków He remained active as a sumotori until 2004 concluding his career with a bronze medal at the World Championships in Riesa In 2005 Czerwinski returned to competitive judo achieving several international podium finishesincluding silver medals at the Austrian Open the European Games and the Italian Open In 2007 he placed fifth in the heavyweight division at the World Championships in Chiang Mai From 2008 to 2013 he played American football for the Rostock Griffins serving as a nose tackle on the defensive squad In 2013 he was inducted into the clubs Hall of Fame he has served as the clubs president since 2023 In 2005 he coauthored the biography SumoAlex with journalist Jürgen Rösler In 2014 his life story was published under the title Sozialismus Skinhead Sumo Socialism Skinhead Sumo For several years now Alexander Czerwinski has also been active as an actor