Alexa von Schwichow

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Alexa von Schwichow (born September 17, 1975 in Offenbach am Main ) is a former German judoka . In 1994 she was third in the European Championship.

Athletic career

The 1.60 m tall Alexa von Schwichow started for the Kustusch Reutlingen sports school ; she fought until 1998 in the half-light weight, the weight class up to 52 kilograms. In 1992 she finished fifth at the Junior World Championships. In 1993 she won her first master's title in the adult class. At the European Championships in 1993, she lost to the French Cécile Nowak in the quarter-finals and ultimately took seventh place. In November 1991 she won the title at the European Junior Championships. In 1994 she won her second German championship title. At the European Championships in Gdansk in 1994, she was defeated in the quarter-finals by Britain's Deborah Allen . With two wins in the Hope Round, Alexa von Schwichow reached the battle for bronze, which she won against the Portuguese Paula Saldanha . In 1995 she won her third German championship title. At the 1995 World Championships in Chiba, she retired early after two defeats.

In 1996 Alexa von Schwichow took third place at the German Championships and seventh at the European Championships in The Hague . At the end of July at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, she lost her first fight to the Cuban Legna Verdecia after 3:41 minutes. In the hope round she was eliminated from the Japanese Noriko Sugawara after being punished (chui). At the end of 1996, Alexa von Schwichow took third place at the world championships for students. In 1997 and 1998 she was subject to Raffaella Imbriani in the final of the German Championships .

In 1999 Alexa von Schwichow switched to lightweight, the weight class up to 57 kilograms. In this weight class she was German champion in 2000 and 2001, defeating Yvonne Bönisch in the 2001 final . Her greatest international success in the lightweight category was reaching the finals at the Super World Cup tournament in Wuppertal in 2002, where she finished second behind the Cuban Yurisleidys Lupetey .

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 760
  3. ↑ German championships in the half light weight at sport-komplett.de
  4. ^ German lightweight championships at sport-komplett.de
personal data
SURNAME Schwichow, Alexa von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main