Henriette Moller

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Henriette Moller
Personal information
Full nameHenriette Moller
NationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Born (1972-11-20) 20 November 1972 (age 50)
Mossel Bay, Western Cape,
South Africa
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport Judo
Event(s)63 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Johannesburg 63 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Tunis 63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2000 Algiers 63 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2002 Cairo 63 kg

Henriette Moller (born November 20, 1972 in Mossel Bay, Western Cape) is a South African judoka, who competed in the women's half-middleweight category. [1] She picked up a total of twelve medals in her career, including a silver from the 2004 African Judo Championships in Tunis, Tunisia and a bronze from the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, and represented her nation South Africa in the 63-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics. [2]

Moller qualified as a lone judoka for the South African squad in the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second and granting a berth from the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia. [2] [3] Moller received a bye in the first round, but fell short in a pulverizing ippon defeat and an ippon seoi nage (one-arm shoulder throw) to North Korea's Hong Ok-song one minute and twenty-two seconds into her subsequent match. [4] [5]

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References

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