Frauke Eickhoff
German judoka (born 1967)
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Frauke-Imke Eickhoff (born October 24, 1967) is a German former Olympic judoka.[1]
She was born in Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany.[1] When she competed in the Olympics, she was 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm) tall and weighed 137 pounds (62 kg).[1]
Judo career
She was affiliated with PSV Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany.[1] She won the gold medal in the 1991 World Judo Championships in Barcelona, in the U61 weight class.[2]
Eickhoff competed for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona at the age of 24, in judo in the Women's Half-Middleweight (61 kg).[1] She was defeated by Israeli Yael Arad in a match of which the winner was certain to win at least a bronze medal.[3][4] She finished tied for fifth.[1]
