Barbara Claßen (23 November 1957 – 13 June 1990) was a German

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. She won the bronze medal in the -72 kg class at the

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, where women's judo appeared as a

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for the first time. Claßen died at the age of 32, as a result of

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* * 1957 births 1990 deaths German female judoka Olympic judoka for West Germany Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics World judo champions 1990 suicides 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-judo-bio-stub