Eric Krieger

Eric Krieger (born March 6, 1975 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian judoka . He finished 9th in the heavyweight division at the 1996 Summer Olympics .

biography

The tall fighter caused a sensation as early as 1994 when he reached third place at the World Cup tournament in Leonding . In the same year he also finished third at the Junior World Championships. The first Austrian championship title followed a year later, which was followed by 7 more. His main goal, a medal at the Olympic Games, he did not achieve due to an injury which he sustained during a preparatory tournament for the Games. He was able to start and achieved the best placement of an Austrian judoka with rank 9. In the next few years he started in other tournaments, but he placed more emphasis on his professional career and completed his training as a physiotherapist and osteopath .

successes

• 1st place team European cup with Abensberg in heavyweight 1997
• 1st place Junior European Heavyweight Championship 1995
• 1st place military world games heavyweight 1995
• 2nd place World Cup Leonding Heavyweight 1995
• 2nd place World Cup Leonding Heavyweight 1998
• 2nd place World Cup tournament Rome heavyweight 1995
• 3rd place Junior European Heavyweight Championship 1993
• 3rd place Junior European Heavyweight Championship 1994
• 3rd place Junior World Heavyweight Championship 1994
• 3rd place military world heavyweight championships 1997
• 3rd place military team world championships in heavyweight 1997
• 3rd place World Cup Leonding Heavyweight 1993
• 3rd place World Cup Heavyweight Basel 1995
• 3rd place World Cup tournament Rome heavyweight 1997
• 3rd place World Cup heavyweight tournament in Basel 1997
• 3rd place World Cup heavyweight tournament in Paris 2000
• 9th place Olympic Games Heavyweight 1996

• 8-time Austrian heavyweight champion

Web links

• Eric Krieger on Judoinside (English)
• professional link
• master thesis