Raffaella Imbriani
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Full name | Raffaella Imbriani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany | 24 January 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 52 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Judo League Brandenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Raffaella Imbriani (born January 24, 1973 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg) is a German judoka who competed in the women's half-lightweight category.[1] She held five German senior titles in her own division, picked up a total of thirty-five medals in her career, including four from major international tournaments (European and World Championships), and represented Germany in the 52-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Imbriani also trained for Judo Club Ettlingen and then Judo League in Brandenburg under her personal coach and sensei Wolfgang Zuckschwerdt.[2][3]
Imbriani reached the pinnacle of her sporting career at the 2001 World Judo Championships in Munich, where she picked up a silver in the 52-kg division, losing shamefully to North Korean judoka and 1996 Olympic champion Kye Sun-hui in front of her home crowd.[4][5] Two years later, she shared bronze medals with Japan's Yuki Yokosawa in the same division at the 2003 World Judo Championships in Osaka, Japan, which guaranteed her a spot on the German judo squad for her major Olympic debut.[6][7]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Imbriani qualified for the German squad in the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg), by placing third from the World Championships in Osaka, Japan.[6][8] Imbriani got off to a firm start with convincing victories over U.S. judoka Charlee Minkin and the host nation Greece's Maria Tselaridou in the prelims, before she succumbed to a waza-ari awasete ippon hold from China's Xian Dongmei with only forty-five seconds in the time limit during their quarterfinal match.[9] Imbriani gave herself a chance for an Olympic bronze medal in the repechage round, but fell short to Algeria's Salima Souakri, who threw her off the tatami with a solid grip and a waza-ari hold forty seconds before their match ended.[10][11]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Raffaella Imbriani". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ^ "Raffaela Imbriani kämpft in Judo-Bundesliga für Brandenburg" (in German). Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten. 29 November 2003. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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- ^ "Raffaella Imbriani erreichte WM Finale – Silber schon sicher" (in German). Hamburger Morgenpost. 28 July 2001. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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- ^ "Klein, stark, weiblich" (in German). Die Welt. 25 July 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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- ^ "Judo: Women's Half-Lightweight (52kg/115 lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "„Kleine Tigerin" kämpfte mit den Tränen" (in German). Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger. 16 August 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
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External links
- Raffaella Imbriani at JudoInside.com