Laurin Boehler (born 4 January 1995) is an Austrian

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Judo career

Boehler is a bronze medalist from the 2019 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf in the 100 kg category. During the next few years Böhler suffered three ACL ruptures and a

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. He collected 1625 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking and did not qualify for the Summer Games in Tokyo with rank 38 in his weight class. After winning the Bronze Medal at the

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, Boehler revealed in an interview with

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that he had been attacked by his teammate

Wachid Borchashvili Wachid Borchashvili (born 24 September 1998) is an Austrian judoka and four-time Austrian judo national champion. He holds the rank of Shodan. Biography Borchashvili won his first European Open in Oberwart in February 2020. After the COVID-19 ...

in August 2023. He complained that the consequences had been too lenient and that the training atmosphere had worsened since then. He collected 1720 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking and did not qualify for the Summer Games in Paris with rank 34 in his weight class.

Personal life

Böhler is part of the

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since 2016. He is in a relationship with

Lubjana Piovesana Lubjana Piovesana (born 3 January 1997) is a British and Austrian judoka. She has won two gold medals in Judo Grand Slam events and took part in the 2024 Summer Olympics. Judo career Piovesana is the 2018 U23 European Champion. In 2019 she w ...

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