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Full name | Uta Kühnen | ||||||||||||||
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Born | Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden- Württemberg, West Germany | 9 August 1975||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
Event | 78 kg | ||||||||||||||
Club | SC Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Norbert Littkopf | ||||||||||||||
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Uta Kühnen (born 9 August 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German judoka who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category. [1] She held three German senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of twenty-nine medals in her career, including a bronze from the 2000 European Judo Championships in Wrocław, Poland, and represented Germany in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). [2] Kuhnen also trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for the Berlin Sports Club under her personal coach and sensei Norbert Littkoff, who also headed the German national team. [3] [4]
Kuhnen made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed for the German team in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg). She thwarted Gabon's Mélanie Engoang in a sudden-death prelim match, before falling short in her next bout to South Korea's Lee So-yeon, who threw her off the tatami with a double yuko score within four seconds. [5] [6]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kuhnen qualified for her second German squad again in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg), by placing seventh from the World Championships in Osaka, Japan. [7] [8] Unlike her previous Olympics, Kuhnen received a bye in the first round, but slipped her medal chances with a shido penalty, a yuko score, and a kuchiki taoshi hold (single leg takedown) from Cuban judoka and eventual bronze medalist Yurisel Laborde during their second-round match. [9] [10]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Uta Kühnen | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | ![]() | ||||||||||||||
Born | Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden- Württemberg, West Germany | 9 August 1975||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||
Event | 78 kg | ||||||||||||||
Club | SC Berlin | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Norbert Littkopf | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Uta Kühnen (born 9 August 1975 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg) is a German judoka who competed in the women's half-heavyweight category. [1] She held three German senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of twenty-nine medals in her career, including a bronze from the 2000 European Judo Championships in Wrocław, Poland, and represented Germany in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2004). [2] Kuhnen also trained as a full-fledged member of the judo squad for the Berlin Sports Club under her personal coach and sensei Norbert Littkoff, who also headed the German national team. [3] [4]
Kuhnen made her official debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where she competed for the German team in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg). She thwarted Gabon's Mélanie Engoang in a sudden-death prelim match, before falling short in her next bout to South Korea's Lee So-yeon, who threw her off the tatami with a double yuko score within four seconds. [5] [6]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Kuhnen qualified for her second German squad again in the women's half-heavyweight class (78 kg), by placing seventh from the World Championships in Osaka, Japan. [7] [8] Unlike her previous Olympics, Kuhnen received a bye in the first round, but slipped her medal chances with a shido penalty, a yuko score, and a kuchiki taoshi hold (single leg takedown) from Cuban judoka and eventual bronze medalist Yurisel Laborde during their second-round match. [9] [10]