Annett Böhm (born 8 August 1980 in
Meerane
Meerane () is a town in the Zwickau district of Saxony, Germany. It lies midway between the towns of Altenburg and Zwickau, west of Chemnitz.
As of 31 December 2015, there were 14,851 inhabitants. The population has declined from a peak of over 2 ...
,
Saxony
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,
East Germany
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) is a German
Judoka
is an unarmed modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponica, "Judo"). ...
.
Career
She began practicing
Judo
is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...
in PSC Glauchau/Meerane at the age of 7 years. Her first coaches were Erhard and Michael Hinke. In 1995 she went to a sport boarding school in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
where she trained as part of the high performance Judo group. Böhm finished her Master of Sport science at the
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 Decemb ...
in 2005. In 2007, she started to study journalism.
Her coach since 1999 has been Norbert Littkopf. He was for several years also the coach of the German women's national team.
Her first major success was in 1997, when she won the gold medal at the
European Junior Championships in
Ljubljana
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During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the ar ...
, Slovenia. Two years later she won the silver medal. She gained 5th place at the
2000 European Judo Championships
The 2000 European Judo Championships were the 11th edition of the European Judo Championships, and were held at Hala Ludowa – People's Hall in Wrocław
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in
Wrocław
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, Poland and won her first gold medal at the German National Championships.
In her first
World Judo Championships
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—
2003
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in
Osaka
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, Japan—she surprisingly won the bronze medal. This qualified her for the
2004 Summer Olympics
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in
Athens
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, Greece. In Athens she won a bronze medal in the
middleweight (70 kg) division. She beat opponents
Quin Dongya (China) and
Catherine Roberge
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(Canada). In the semi-final she lost her only fight against
Edith Bosch
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Her Olympic debut was at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. She was also European champion ...
(Netherlands). After this fight, Böhm beat
Catherine Jacques (Belgium) in only 38 seconds with an
ippon
is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ''ippon-wazari'' contest, usually kendo, judo, karate or jujitsu.
In Judo
In Judo, an ippon may be scored for a throw, a pin, a choke or a jointlock.
For throws, the four ...
-score (
Te-Guruma) for a bronze medal.
In 2005, Böhm sustained several injuries. Six weeks before the
2005 World Championships in
Cairo
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, Egypt, she broke her left foot. Nevertheless, she battled through her injuries to narrowly miss bronze. In the following year she had several surgical procedures, which prevented her from going to the
2006 European Championships.
In 2007, she qualified for the
World Championships
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil. She only won one fight, placing her 9th place. This meant that she did not achieve direct qualification for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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in
Beijing
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, China. However, in 2008 she returned to her old form. She won bronze medals at the Super World Cup in
Paris
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, France, and
Sofia
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, Bulgaria. This placed her among the top 5 on the European ranking list, which qualified her for the Olympics. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she lost the bronze medal match of the
middleweight (70 kg) division to American
Ronda Rousey
Ronda Jean Rousey (; born February 1, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, actress, former judoka and mixed martial artist. She is currently signed to WWE, where she performs on the SmackDown brand and is the current SmackDown Women’s ...
.
Photos
Image:Annet Böhm WM-Rio I.jpg, Böhm vs. Gévrise Emane (FRA) - Judo World Championships in Brazil 2007
Image:AnnnetBoehm WM-Rio II.JPG, Böhm vs. Gévrise Emane (FRA) - Judo World Championships in Brazil 2007
Image:AnnnetBoehm WM-Rio IV.JPG, Böhm - Judo World Championships in Brazil 2007
Image:AnnnetBoehm WM-Rio V.JPG, Böhm vs. Zhanar Zhanzunova (KAZ) - Judo WM in Brasilien 2007
Image:Annet Böhm WM-Rio VI.jpg, Böhm - Judo World Championships in Brazil 2007
Image:AnnettBoehm-privat I.jpg,
Image:AnnettBoehm-privat II.jpg,
Image:AnnettBoehm-privat III.jpg,
References
External links
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Olympia Sport Leipzig GmbH (OSL)- Sport Marketing AgencyEuropean Judo Union – Olympic Classification Ranking ListDeutscher Judobund (DJB)- ResultsVideos of Annett Böhm(judovision.org)
Annett Böhm Achievements 1995-2008 (PDF 65 Kb)
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1980 births
Living people
People from Meerane
German female judoka
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of Germany
Olympic bronze medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Saxony