Frauke Eickhoff
{{Short description|German judoka (born 1967)}}
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Frauke-Imke Eickhoff (born October 24, 1967) is a German former Olympic judoka.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ei/frauke-eickhoff-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223440/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ei/frauke-eickhoff-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-17|title=Frauke Eickhoff Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=}}
She was born in Celle, Lower Saxony, West Germany. When she competed in the Olympics, she was {{convert|5|ft|4|in|cm}} tall and weighed {{convert|137|lb|kg}}.
Judo career
She was affiliated with PSV Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany. She won the gold medal in the 1991 World Judo Championships in Barcelona, in the U61 weight class.{{cite web|url=http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/2117|title=Frauke Eickhoff, Judoka, JudoInside|publisher=}}
Eickhoff competed for Germany at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona 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.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=281fSdgMBbwC|title=A Kid's Mensch Handbook: Step by Step to a Lifetime of Jewish Values|first=Scott|last=Blumenthal|date=2004|publisher=Behrman House, Inc|via=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/JUD/womens-half-middleweight.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124548/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/JUD/womens-half-middleweight.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Judo at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games: Women's Half-Middleweight|publisher=}} She finished tied for fifth.
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Category:Sportspeople from Celle
Category:Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic judoka for Germany
Category:20th-century German sportswomen
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