Frauke-Imke Eickhoff (born October 24, 1967) is a German former Olympic

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. She was born in

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. When she competed in the Olympics, she was tall and weighed .

Judo career

She was affiliated with PSV Braunschweig,

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, Germany. She won the gold medal in the 1991 World Judo Championships in Barcelona, in the U61 weight class. Eickhoff competed for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in

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at the age of 24, in judo in the Women's Half-Middleweight (61 kg). She was defeated by Israeli Yael Arad in a match of which the winner was certain to win at least a bronze medal. She finished tied for fifth.

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* Living people Sportspeople from Celle 1967 births German female judoka Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Germany 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-judo-bio-stub