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]
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| Full name | Sappho Özge Çoban | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 September 1994 Karlsruhe, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –57 kg, –63 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| European Champ. | 5th (2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| JudoInside.com | 65576 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
References edit
- ^ "Sappho Coban - JudoInside". JudoInside. 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Sappho Coban - Team Deutschland (in German)". Team Deutschland. 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Sappho Coban finally realises she is European champion". European Judo Union. 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Sappho Coban and her sister Xenia: Judo as a family affair (in German)". PZ Nightlife. 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Sappho Coban is Junior Athlete of the Year 2014 (in German)". German Judo Federation. 10 October 2014.
External links edit
- Official website
- Sappho Çoban at the International Judo Federation
- Sappho Çoban at JudoInside.com
- Sappho Çoban at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Sappho Çoban at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Sappho Çoban at The-Sports.org
- Sappho Çoban on Twitter
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