- Annett Böhm
Annett Boehm (born
1980-01-08 inMeerane ,Saxony ) is a GermanJudoka .She began
Judo 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 inLeipzig . Where she trained as part of the high performanceJudo group.Annett Boehm finished her Master of Sport science at the University of Leipzig in 2005. In 2007 she started to study journalism.
Her coach is Norbert Littkopf. He has coached Annett Boehm since 1999. He is also the coach of
German Women’s National Team .Career
Her first major success was in 1997, when she won the gold medal at the
European Junior Championships inLjubljana (Slovenia ). Two years later she won the silver medal.In 2000 she gained 5th place in the
European Championships inBreslau (Poland ) and won her first gold medal at the German National Championships.In her first
World Championships 2003 inOsaka (Japan ) she surprisingly won the bronze medal. This qualified her for the 2004Olympic Games inAthen (Greece ).In
Athen s she won a bronze medal in the middleweight (70 kg) division. She beat formidable opponentsQuin Dongya (China ) andCatherine Roberge (Canada ). Then in the semi finale she lost her only fight againstEdith Bosch (Netherlands ). After this fight a determined Annett Boehm beatCatherine Jacques (Belgium ) in only 38 seconds with a spectacularippon -score (Te-Guruma ) for bronze medal.In 2005 Annett Boehm sustained several
injuries . Six weeks before theWorld Championships inCairo (Egypt ) she broke her left foot. But this didn’t stop her. 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 .Last year she qualified for the
World Championships inRio de Janeiro (Brazil ). But she only won one fight placing her 9th place. This meant that she didn’t achieve direct qualification for theOlympic Games inBeijing (China ). Now her only chance to compete at the 2008Games was through the European ranking list.The five highest ranked competitors should go to theOlympic Games inBeijing .In 2008 she went back to her old form. She won bronze medals in the
Super World Cup inParis (France ) andSofia (Bulgaria ).She is currently ranked number two and is expected to compete in
Beijing .Annett Boehm is nominated by
Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB ) for theOlympic Games 2008 inBeijing .External links
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BÖHMANN01 Olympics Statistics and History Database]
* [http://www.osl-leipzig.de/athleten.php/ Olympia Sport Leipzig GmbH (OSL)- Sport Marketing Agency]
* [http://www.europejudo.com/thierry/RankingList/EJU_World_Ranking_List.xls European Judo Union – Olympic Classification Ranking List]
* [http://www.judobund.de/ Deutscher Judobund (DJB)- Results]
* [http://www.judovision.org/?s=Annett%20Boehm Videos of Annett Boehm] (judovision.org)Photos
Achievements
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/2/2e/Achievements_of_Annett_Boehm_1995-2008.pdf Annett Boehm Achievements 1995-2008 (PDF 65 Kb)]
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