Fabienne Kocher

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Fabienne Kocher
Personal information
Born (1993-06-13) 13 June 1993 (age 30)
Occupation Judoka
Website www.fabiennekocher.ch OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Sport
Country Switzerland
Sport Judo
Weight class 52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games 5th (2020)
World Champ. Bronze medal world centered-2.svg (2021)
European Champ. 7th (2020, 2021, 2022)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Budapest 52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Dushanbe 52 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Budapest 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Tashkent 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Paris 52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Budapest 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Tel Aviv 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Almada 52 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Zagreb 52 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Samokov 57 kg
World Juniors Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Cape Town 57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Ljubljana 57 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Sarajevo 57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2010 Samokov 57 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Lommel 57 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 3352
JudoInside.com 51478
Updated on 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.

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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.

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2021 World Championships 3rd−52 kg

Awards

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

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References

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