The Most Famous

MARTIAL ARTS from Germany

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This page contains a list of the greatest German Martial Arts. The pantheon dataset contains 179 Martial Arts, 5 of which were born in Germany. This makes Germany the birth place of the 9th most number of Martial Arts behind South Korea, and Netherlands.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary German Martial Arts of all time. This list of famous German Martial Arts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.

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1. Ilia Topuria (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 53.80, Ilia Topuria is the most famous German Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Ilia Topuria (Georgian: ილია თოფურია; born January 21, 1997) is a Georgian and Spanish professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Lightweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he is the current UFC Lightweight Champion. A professional since 2015, Topuria is the former UFC Featherweight Champion, becoming the first Georgian and Spanish fighter to win a UFC championship. As of July 1, 2025, he is #1 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.

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2. Udo Quellmalz (b. 1967)

With an HPI of 48.75, Udo Quellmalz is the 2nd most famous German Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Udo Quellmalz (born 8 March 1967 in Leipzig), known as Quelle, is a German judoka. He competed in judo at the Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in 1992 and a gold medal in 1996. He also won the World Judo Championships in 1991 and 1995. Quellmalz was appointed head coach of the Flemish Judo Federation in 2022. He has previously directed the British judo team and served as a coach for the Austrian and Qatari teams.

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3. Frank Wieneke (b. 1962)

With an HPI of 48.34, Frank Wieneke is the 3rd most famous German Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Frank Wieneke (born 31 January 1962 in Hannover) is a German judoka and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the half middleweight division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. He is a member of Germany's Sports Hall of Fame.

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4. Andreas Tölzer (b. 1980)

With an HPI of 43.60, Andreas Tölzer is the 4th most famous German Martial Arts.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Andreas Tölzer (also spelled Toelzer; born 27 January 1980) is a German judoka.

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5. Giovanna Scoccimarro (b. 1997)

With an HPI of 34.92, Giovanna Scoccimarro is the 5th most famous German Martial Arts.  Her biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Giovanna Scoccimarro (born 10 November 1997) is a German judoka. She is the 2017 European silver medalist in the 70 kg division. In 2021, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. In 2020, she competed in the women's 70 kg event at the 2020 European Judo Championships held in Prague, Czech Republic. In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.

People

Pantheon has 5 people classified as German martial arts born between 1962 and 1997. Of these 5, 5 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living German martial arts include Ilia Topuria, Udo Quellmalz, and Frank Wieneke. As of April 2024, 5 new German martial arts have been added to Pantheon including Ilia Topuria, Udo Quellmalz, and Frank Wieneke.

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