Claudia Heill
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Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 4th dan black belt[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | JC Shiai-Do Wr. Neudorf Thermenregion[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Hupo Rohrauer[3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | June 2009[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (2004) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | 5th
( 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. |
( 2005 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
IJF | 401 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 498 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 31 May 2023. |
Claudia Heill (24 January 1982 – 31 March 2011) was an
Biography
In addition to her success at the
Heill in 1998 aged 16 won the –63 kg category at the Senior Austrian National Championships.
Heill spent the next seven years competing internationally. She was one of four Austrians (Sabrina Filzmoser, Ludwig Paischer and Andreas Mitterfellner making up the quartet) to take gold medals at the World Military Championships in 2006[9] helping her country top the medal table. Her finest hour was her silver medal-winning performance at the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004. “This had been her dream even as she began practicing her first judo attacks as a seven-year-old,” said her longtime coach Hubert Rohrauer.[10] Heill was part of the organizing committee at the European Championships in Vienna in 2010.
Heill committed suicide by jumping to her death from a 6th-story window in Vienna on 31 March 2011.[11] Shortly before her death, Heill was a commentator on JudoTV at the Judo World Cup in Oberwart. Her former teammate Ludwig Paischer was stunned by her tragic death, saying, "She was such a fun-loving, friendly person."
External links
- Claudia Heill at the International Judo Federation
- Claudia Heill at JudoInside.com
- Claudia Heill at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Claudia Heill at Olympedia
- Claudia Heill at Find a Grave
References
- ^ a b "Olympedia – Claudia Heill". Retrieved 6 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Steckbrief Claudia Heill". derstandard.at (in Austrian German).
- ^ "Claudia Heill: Suizid nach Beziehungsdrama?" (in German). 5 August 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Claudia Heill Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2011.
- ^ "Österreichische Olympia-Zweite nimmt sich das Leben". welt.de (in German). 31 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Austria judo medallist Claudia Heill falls to her death". bbc.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Claudia Heill". judoinside.com. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Former Olympic Judo Silver Medalist Commits Suicide in Austria". foxnews.com. 19 September 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Sportwelt entsetzt über Selbstmord von Heill". heute.at (in German). 31 March 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Judo-Österreich trauert um Claudia HeillJudo-Österreich trauert um Claudia Heill". judoaustria.at (in German). 4 April 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
- ^ "Austrian judo medalist Heill, 29, jumps to death". ESPN.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2020.