Eric Hänni
 Eric Hänni (left) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 December 1938 Delémont, Jura, Switzerland[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 December 2024 (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –68 kg, –80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | 9th dan black belt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games |  (1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R16 (1971) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 
(1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 54621 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 6149 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 24 June 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Hänni (19 December 1938 – 25 December 2024) was a Swiss judoka who competed between 1959 and 1974. In 1964 he won an Olympic silver medal and a European bronze medal in the lightweight category.[2][3] During his career Hänni won seven individual national titles (1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1969–71) and took part in twelve European and three World Championships.[1]
Hänni's parents divorced before he was ten, and Hänni lived with his uncle in Bern. He then moved to Canton of Jura where he worked as a mechanic. Besides competing in judo, he also acted as a referee, at the national (since 1965), European (since 1974) and world level (since 1985). In 1966 he started coaching judo, first in Zurich and between 1967 and 1972 at Nippon Bern.[4] In 1972 he opened his own judo club in his native Delémont, which he ran until 1995. In parallel, he trained the national junior and senior teams and acted as vice-president of the Swiss Judo Association. In 2014, he became the first Swiss judoka to receive an honorary 9th dan.
Hänni was married with two children. He was a fan of motorcycle racing, in which he competed at the national level.[1] Hänni died on 25 December 2024, at the age of 86.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Haenni (Hänni), Eric (1938–). Dictionnaire du Jura 2005–2015. diju.ch
- ^ Eric Hänni sports-reference.com
- ^ Eric Haenni – Judoka. judoinside.com
- ^ Willkommen in Berns erster Kampfsportschule! nipponbern.ch
- ^ Addio a Eric Hänni, medaglia d’argento nel judo alle Olimpiadi del 1964 (in Italian)
External links
- Eric Hänni at the International Judo Federation
- Eric Hänni at JudoInside.com
- Eric Hänni at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Eric Hänni at Olympics.com
- Eric Hänni at Olympedia
- Eric Hänni at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Eric Hänni at The-Sports.org