Yvonne Snir-Bönisch (; born 29 December 1980 in
Ludwigsfelde
Ludwigsfelde is a town in the north of the district Teltow-Fläming in Brandenburg.
Geography
Location
The town is located south of Berlin in the district Teltow-Fläming on the plateau of Teltow. In earlier times, it was part of the district Zo ...
,
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 coach and former
judoka. She retired in 2008.
She won a gold medal in the
lightweight division (57 kg) at the
2004 Summer Olympics and was a two-times
world championship
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
finalist (
2003 and
2005).
Her beginnings with judo happened at JV Ludwigsfelde.
Bönisch coached at UJKC Potsdam. She moved to Israel in January 2017 and was a coach with the
women's national team until end of 2020. Since 1.1.2021 she is the head coach of the Austrian JudoTeam and responsible for men and women.
At the
Tokyo Olympics her athletes won 2 medals. Silver for
Michaela Polleres (
70 kg) and Bronze for
Shamil Borchashvili
Shamil Borchashvili (born 9 June 1995) is an Austrian judoka. He immigrated to Wels, Austria with his family from Chechnya, Russia when he was a child.
Borchashvili won the silver medal at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Tbilisi in the -81 kg class. ...
(
81 kg).
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1980 births
Living people
People from Ludwigsfelde
People from Bezirk Potsdam
German female judoka
Sportspeople from Brandenburg
Judoka at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka for Germany
Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
21st-century German women
LGBT judoka
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