Fabienne Kocher Explained

Fabienne Kocher
Birth Date:13 June 1993
Country:Switzerland
Weight Class:52 kg
Olympics Rank:5
Olympics Year:2020
Olympics Weight:Women's 52 kg
Worlds Rank:3
Worlds Year:2021
Worlds Weight:Women's 52 kg
Regionals Type:EU
Regionals Rank:7
Regionals Year:2020
Regionals Weight:Women's 52 kg
Regionals Year2:2021
Regionals Weight2:Women's 52 kg
Regionals Year3:2022
Regionals Weight3:Women's 52 kg
Updated:3 May 2024

Fabienne Kocher (born 13 June 1993) is a Swiss judoka. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's 52 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary.[1] [2] [3] She also represented Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Career

Kocher previously competed at the World Judo Championships in 2014 and 2015 in the women's 57 kg event and in 2018 and 2019 in the women's 52 kg event. She also competed in the women's 52 kg event at the European Judo Championships in 2020 and 2021.

In 2019, Kocher represented Switzerland in the women's 52 kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. She was eliminated in her second match by Majlinda Kelmendi of Kosovo.

In 2021, Kocher lost her bronze medal match in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] [5]

Kocher won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Prix Almada held in Almada, Portugal.[6] She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.

Awards

In March 2022, she won the Aargau Sportswoman of the Year award.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 7 June 2021. Fabienne Kocher gewinnt an der WM Bronze. de. Bieler Tagblatt. 7 June 2021.
  2. News: 7 June 2021. Judo: élimination précoce et mauvaise opération pour Evelyne Tschopp aux Mondiaux. fr. Arcinfo. 7 June 2021.
  3. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 7 June 2021. Maruyama and Shishime triumph on golden day for Japan at IJF World Championships. InsideTheGames.biz. 7 June 2021.
  4. News: Berkeley. Geoff. 25 July 2021. Japanese siblings enjoy magical night with two judo golds at Tokyo 2020. InsideTheGames.biz. 25 July 2021.
  5. Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
  6. News: Burke. Patrick. 28 January 2022. Silva wins first title since doping ban at Portugal Grand Prix. InsideTheGames.biz. 30 January 2022.
  7. News: Probst . Martin . 4 March 2022 . Judokämpferin Fabienne Kocher ist Aargauer Sportlerin des Jahres . Aargauer Zeitung . 17 March 2022.