Kerstin Thiele (born August 26, 1986, in
Riesa
Riesa is a town in the district of Meißen in Saxony, Germany. It is located on the river Elbe, approximately northwest of Dresden.
History
The name ''Riesa'' is derived from Slavic ''Riezowe''. This name, romanised as "Rezoa", appears first i ...
,
East Germany
East Germany, officially the German Democratic Republic (GDR; german: Deutsche Demokratische Republik, , DDR, ), was a country that existed from its creation on 7 October 1949 until its dissolution on 3 October 1990. In these years the state ...
) is a German
judo
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ka and a silver medallist at the
Olympic Games 2012
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London.
Kerstin Thiele is a German champion in judo in the Middleweight (-70 kg) division. She competes for the German club ''JC Leipzig'', and was part of the German national team.
At the 2012 Olympics she reached the women's middleweight judo final vs.
Lucie Décosse
Lucie Décosse (born 6 August 1981 in Chaumont) is a retired female French judoka.
Career
Décosse competed in the half-middleweight (57–63 kg) category until 2008. Thereafter, she switched to the middleweight (63–70 kg) category ...
, who won the gold medal. On the way Thiele beat
Moira de Villiers,
Anett Meszaros,
Edith Bosch
Edith Bosch (born 31 May 1980) is a Dutch judoka.
Her Olympic debut was at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney where she finished seventh. She won the silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the middleweight division. She was also European champion ...
and
Chen Fei.
References
External links
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Kerstin Thieleat london.judobund.de
1986 births
Living people
German female judoka
Olympic judoka of Germany
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in judo
People from Riesa
Sportspeople from Saxony
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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