Katharina Tanzer

Katharina Tanzer grew up in Gresten in the district of Scheibbs in Lower Austria. She began her judo career at SV Ulmerferld in Lower Austria.{{cite web|access-date=2022-09-12 |title=Übungsleiterkurs 2011 |url=https://www.judo-noe.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=369:uebungsleiterkurs-2011&catid=56&Itemid=50}} When she began her studies, she moved to the Viennese judo club Vienna Samurai.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |date=2024-07-26 |language=de |title=Statt Eröffnungsfeier und Geburtstag gibt es vor dem Olympia-Einsatz nur Konzentration |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/olympia/18703975/statt-eroeffnungsfeier-und-geburtstag-gibt-es-vor-dem-einsatz-nur}}{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-05 |author=Michael Gratzer |date=2024-07-20 |language=de |title=Das schönste Geschenk kommt erst nach Olympia |url=https://www.krone.at/3450849}} Thanks to more intensive training, she managed to medal four times in the Austrian championships in the U21 and U23 age groups by 2016. In 2016, Tanzer won the national championship and a European Cup medal for the first time. In June 2016, she suffered a ACL tear during a training camp in Japan.{{citation|access-date=2017-06-08 |title=Tanzer reißt sich Kreuzband |url=http://www.ujz.at/teams/newsdetails/545-tanzer-reisst-sich-kreuzband.html}}

In December 2017, Tanzer passed the exam for Shodan.{{cite web|access-date=2019-10-16 |author=Judoclub Vienna Samurai |publisher=Judoclub Vienna Samurai |title=Facebook: Judoclub Vienna Samurai |url=https://www.facebook.com/viennasamurai/posts/1690758780982805}}{{cite web |access-date=2019-10-16 |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309132753/https://judo-noe.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=722:neue-dan-traeger-in-noe&catid=56&Itemid=50 |author=Judo Landesverband NÖ |title=NÖ DAN Prüfung 2017 |url=https://judo-noe.at/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=722:neue-dan-traeger-in-noe&catid=56&Itemid=50 |url-status=live }}

Thanks to her successes at European Cups and the national championship, Tanzer has been an active athlete at the Army Sports Center of the Austrian Armed Forces since 2018. She holds the rank of Gefreiter. After a total of three operations and a two-year break from competition, she was able to return in autumn 2018 with two medals at the Continental Opens and one medal at the European Cup in Bratislava. At the 2019 European Games in Minsk, she won the bronze medal in the mixed team competition for Austria together with Sabrina Filzmoser, Bernadette Graf, Michaela Polleres, Lukas Reiter, Marko Bubanja and Stephan Hegyi.{{cite web|access-date=2019-06-30 |title=Europaspiele: Silber und Bronze für Österreich |date=25 June 2019 |url=https://diepresse.com/home/sport/mehrsport/5649473/Europaspiele_Silber-und-Bronze-fuer-Oesterreich}}{{cite web|access-date=2019-07-19 |title=Athletes :: 2ND EUROPEAN GAMES 2019 MINSK, BELARU |url=https://minsk2019.by/en/tsrd/athletes?disciplineIds=15&countryIds=4}} In the qualification period for the 2020 Olympic Games, Tanzer was able to secure two more medals at Continental Opens. She collected 583 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking and did not qualify for the Summer Games in Tokyo with 61st place in her weight class.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-05 |date=2021-06-14 |language=en |publisher=International Judo Federation |title=IJF World Ranking List |url=https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2021/06/ijf_sen_wrl_2021_06_14-1624457-1624457875.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728092947/https://78884ca60822a34fb0e6-082b8fd5551e97bc65e327988b444396.ssl.cf3.rackcdn.com/up/2021/06/ijf_sen_wrl_2021_06_14-1624457-1624457875.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2021 }}

In the qualification period for the 2024 Olympic Games, Tanzer was able to collect 1643 points in the IJF Olympic Ranking. She thus secured a European continental quota place.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |title=IJF.org - International Judo Federation |url=https://www.ijf.org/wrl_olympic?category=8}} She took part in the 2024 Olympic Games both in the -48 kg weight class and in the mixed team (together with Lubjana Piovesana, Michaela Polleres, Samuel Gaßner, Wachid Borchashvili and Aaron Fara).{{cite web|access-date=2024-07-15 |language=de-AT |title=Das ÖOC-Team für Paris: Fünf bis zehn Medaillen als Ziel |url=https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000227698/oeoc-nominiert-80-aktive-starkes-team-fuer-paris}} In the individual competition, she had to admit defeat after a victory against Wong Ka Lee (HKG), the later silver medal winner, Bavuudorjiin Baasankhüü (MGL).{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-01 |title=JudoInside - Olympic Games Paris Event |url=https://www.judoinside.com/event/18000/2024_Olympic_Games_Paris/judo-matches}} The first encounter in the mixed team competition against Germany ended 4:1. The Austrian team therefore took 9th place.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-02 |date=2024-08-02 |language=en |title=GER - Germany wins against AUT - Austria 4 - 1 |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/JUD/OG2024_JUD_C73TM_JUDXTEAM6-------------8FNL00030000.pdf}}

For her participation in the Olympic Games, she was awarded the Nidan by Judo Austria.

When she changed clubs in 2015, Tanzer joined her team to take part in the Austrian women's team championships. As winners, the club qualified to take part in the 2015 Golden League in Vienna, where it was the first Austrian women's team to win a medal for Austria.{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-06 |archive-date=2021-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211201133427/https://www2.judoaustria.at//allgemein/vienna-samurai-holen-historische-bronzemedaille-in-der-golden-league/ |date=2021-12-01 |title=Vienna Samurai holen historische Bronzemedaille in der Golden League! {{!}} Österreichischer Judoverband |url=https://www2.judoaustria.at//allgemein/vienna-samurai-holen-historische-bronzemedaille-in-der-golden-league/}} The following year, they managed to secure another medal at the 2016 Golden League in Russia.{{cite web|access-date=2022-12-03 |date=2016-12-18 |language=de-AT |title=From Russia with Love |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/from-russia-with-love/ |website=Judo Austria}} In order to remain competitive in the next few years in the Frauen Judo Bundesliga, founded in 2016, Samurai Vienna formed Team Vienna together with WAT Stadlau. Tanzer contributed to the team's two silver medals in both 2017{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-19 |language=de-AT |title=Liga Ranglisten (2017) |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/liga-ranglisten/?season=2017&leagueId=17 |website=Judo Austria}} and 2019.{{cite web|access-date=2022-05-19 |language=de-AT |title=Liga Ranglisten (2019) |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/liga-ranglisten/?season=2019&leagueId=17 |website=Judo Austria}} In 2018{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-05 |date=2018-04-17 |language=de-DE |title=Frauen und Männer holen jeweils den Sieg am Bundesliga-Wochenende – Judo TSV München-Großhadern |url=https://judo-grosshadern.de/2018_05_29_frauen-und-maenner-holen-jeweils-den-sieg-am-bundesliga-wochenende/}}{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-05 |date=2015-06-30 |language=de-DE |title=Bundesliga-Frauen schlagen Tabellenführer JSV Speyer – Judo TSV München-Großhadern |url=https://judo-grosshadern.de/2018_06_11_bundesliga-frauen-schlagen-tabellenfuehrer-jsv-speyer/}} Tanzer also played in the Deutschen 1. BL Frauen as a guest fighter for the club TSV München Großhadern{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-27 |date=2021-07-13 |title=Katharina Tanzer – Deutsche Judo Bundesliga |url=https://www.deutsche-judo-bundesliga.de/erste-bundesliga-frauen/athleten/5580|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713100650/https://www.deutsche-judo-bundesliga.de/erste-bundesliga-frauen/athleten/5580 |archive-date=13 July 2021 }} In 2021, Tanzer moved to Judo Leibnitz.{{cite web|access-date=2021-10-19 |author=Norbert Wiesner |language=de-AT |title=Lisa ist Staatsmeisterin 2021, Kathi holt Silber und Verena Bronze {{!}} Judo Leibnitz |url=https://judoleibnitz.at/2021/10/lisa-ist-staatsmeisterin-2021-kathi-holt-silber-und-verena-bronze/}} Since this club does not participate in the Frauen Judo Bundesliga, she player as a guest fighter for JC Wimpassing in the weight class -48 kg in 2021 and 2022. After winning in 2021,{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-08 |author=Markus Moser |date=2022-01-31 |language=de-AT |title=Aus Drei mach Neun |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/aus-drei-mach-neun/ |website=Judo Austria}} they were able to successfully defend their title in 2022.{{cite web|access-date=2022-11-27 |author=Wolfgang Eichler |date=2022-11-26 |language=de-AT |title=Erfolgreiche Titelverteidigung |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/titel-verteidigt-2/ |website=Judo Austria}}

Her mother Barbara Tanzer{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-05 |date=2016-03-12 |language=de-DE |title=Staats: die junge Generation drängt nach |url=https://www.judoaustria.at/staats-die-junge-generation-draengt-nach/ |website=Judo Austria}} is two-time vice national champion up to 52 kg.{{cite web|access-date=2024-08-05 |title=JudoInside - Barbara Kylian Judoka |url=https://www.judoinside.com/judoka/20403/Barbara_Kylian/judo-results}}

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