Annett Böhm

Annett Böhm ( born January 8, 1980 in Meerane in the district of Zwickau ) is a German judoka.

With seven years Annett Böhm began at PSV Glauchau / Meerane judo. As of 1995, she attended the sports high school in Leipzig and trained at the city's Olympic Training Center.

After a sports studies at the University of Leipzig and a second degree in journalism, she was working as a freelance radio and print journalist. Since March 2012 she is a volunteer at the MDR.

In 2009 she finished after 15 years of competitive sports their career in the German national team.

Sports career

Your first achievements came in 1997 when they won the gold medal at the Junior European Championships (JEM ) in Ljubljana; Two years later she won silver.

In 2000, she was fifth at the European Championships in Wroclaw. A year later she won at the German Championships their first league title.

The Judo 2003 World Championships in Osaka Annett Böhm won surprisingly in third place. Thus, she qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens.

At the Olympics, she reached the semi-finals with wins over the World Cup Fifth Quin Dongya from China and Catherine Roberge of Canada. There they defeated the Dutch Edith Bosch. In the battle for bronze Annett Böhm made ​​with the Belgian Catherine Jacques short shrift. After 38 seconds Annett could start a Te Guruma successfully and thus decide the fight prematurely for themselves. They thus secured the bronze medal.

The year 2005 was marked by several operations. Six weeks before the World Judo Championships in Cairo ( 2005), broke his right metatarsal. Despite this injury Annett was surprising fight for fifth place.

The injury woes continued in 2006. Due to a lengthy back injury she could not qualify for participation in the Judo European Championships themselves.

In the pre-Olympic year Annett Böhm succeeded in qualifying for the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro (2007). There she finished ninth.

2008 Annett Böhm could find their way back to their old form. The Super World Cup in Paris and Sofia, she won bronze medals. It was thus in the European rankings at number two and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

During the fights in Beijing Annett Böhm won the first three fights with Ippon prematurely for themselves. In the first fight, she won against the Senegalese Mendy Gisaele with a hand throw ( Te - Guruma ). With a large inner crescent (O- Uchi - Gari ) defeated them in the ensuing battle Nataliya Smal from Ukraine. The Pool finals they played against the Spaniard Leire Iglesias. After only a few seconds Böhm won by a full point ( Ippon ) by a remarkable lifting system ( Kata - Guruma ).

So she stood in the place in the final against Anaysi Hernandez from Cuba. After a made ​​at the beginning Yuko for Tomoe nage ( victims technique ) failed Annett Boehm to keep this guide and subject a little later with Ippon for an O- uchi - gari ( major inner sickle ). In the following battle for bronze Böhm lost with Yuko (average rating ) for coca (small rating ) against the US-American Ronda Rousey.

So she took at the Olympic Games in Beijing in fifth place and was best German athlete of the German Judo Federation ( DJB ).

After 15 years of competitive sports Annett Boehm finished in the fall of 2009 their judo career in the German national team.

Professional career

In October 2009, Annett Böhm her journalism degree, distance learning ILS Hamburg completed successfully.

After several internships in the sports editors of the German Press Agency ( dpa ), the MDR and the ZDF, she became involved until the summer of 2010 training at the Leipzig Radio Mephisto 97.6 as leaders of the sports department.

After Annett Boehm had written as a freelance journalist for several newspapers, she worked from January 2011 for a year as a volunteer at the Leipzig People's Daily ( LVZ ). Since March 2012 Annett Böhm is a volunteer at the MDR. In her spare time she supports the Media Team of the International Judo Federation. In addition to race reports for the IJF website, she comments with Sheldon Franco - Rooks live broadcasts of international judo tournaments. She also volunteers his time concept4sport the club with which they have among its media training for Leipzig's Olympic starter for London 2012 with support.