Sappho Çoban Explained

Full Name:	Sappho Özge Çoban
Birth Date:	7 September 1994
Birth Place:	Karlsruhe, Germany
Country:	Germany
Weight Class:	57 kg, 63 kg
Regionals Type:	EU
Regionals Rank:	5
Regionals Year:	2019
Regionals Weight:	Women's 57 kg
Updated:	15 January 2023

Sappho Özge Çoban (born 7 September 1994) is a German retired judoka of Turkish descent who competed at international judo competitions. She is a World Junior champion and a three-time European U23 champion, she also competed at the 2019 European Games. Her sister Xenia Çoban is also a judoka, they both lived and trained together in Stuttgart, Sappho works as a police chief in the German city.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Çoban became the first female athlete to be awarded Germany's Junior Athlete of the Year award in 2014 following her 2013 World title.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 15 June 2022. Sappho Coban - JudoInside. JudoInside.
2. Web site: 15 June 2022. Sappho Coban - Team Deutschland (in German). Team Deutschland.
3. Web site: 22 September 2012. Sappho Coban finally realises she is European champion. European Judo Union.
4. Web site: 23 January 2019. Sappho Coban and her sister Xenia: Judo as a family affair (in German). PZ Nightlife.
5. Web site: 10 October 2014. Sappho Coban is Junior Athlete of the Year 2014 (in German). German Judo Federation.