Eric Haenni Judoka
Eric Haenni
Country: Switzerland
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Born: 19 December 1938
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Passed away: 25 December 2024 (86 years)
Eric Haenni was 1964 Olympic finalist in Tokyo for Switzerland. He won 7 Swiss national titles in U68kg, U70kg and U80kg and claimed European bronze in 1964. In 1966 he started coaching judo, first in Zurich and between 1967 and 1972 at Nippon Bern. 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. He passed in at 25 December 2024.
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