Sappho Çoban

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Sappho Çoban
Personal information
Full nameSappho Özge Çoban
Born (1994-09-07) 7 September 1994 (age 29)
Karlsruhe, Germany
OccupationJudoka
Websitewww.sappho-coban.de Edit this at Wikidata
Sport
CountryGermany
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍57 kg, ‍–‍63 kg
Achievements and titles
European Champ.5th (2019)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Germany
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Budapest Women's team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Warsaw Women's team
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Wrocław ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bratislava ‍–‍57 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Ljubljana ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ljubljana Women's team
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Poreč ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF9226
JudoInside.com65576
Updated on 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]

References[edit]

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

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