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 is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyclopedia Nipponi ...

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.

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Kerstin Thiele
at 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 {{Germany-judo-bio-stub