Sandra Köppen

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameSandra•Köppen (-Zuckschwerdt)
Used nameSandra•Köppen
Born15 May 1975 in Potsdam, Brandenburg (GER)
Measurements175 cm / 130-133 kg
AffiliationsPSG Dynamo Brandenburg-Mitte, Brandenburg an der Havel (GER)
NOC Germany

Biography

Sandra Köppen was a German three-time Olympian heavyweight judoka. She finished tied fifth at Sydney in 2000 and was eliminated in the pool stage at both Athens in 2004 and Beijing in 2008. In 2001 and 2002, Köppen won the European Championships, and she added three bronze medals in 1998-99, 2003. She also won bronze medals at the 2001 and 2007 Worlds.

Since 1998, Köppen started sumo wrestling alongside her judo. She won four Sumo World Championship titles in 1999, 2001, and 2004-05, and team golds in 2001 and 2004. Köppen won a gold at the World Games in 2005. Köppen trained as a medical assistant but later turned to coaching both judo and sumo. In 2013 she partly needed a wheelchair as both of her knees needed protheses, but she subsequently recovered.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
2000 Summer Olympics Judo GER Sandra Köppen
Heavyweight, Women (Olympic) =5
2004 Summer Olympics Judo GER Sandra Köppen
Heavyweight, Women (Olympic) AC
2008 Summer Olympics Judo GER Sandra Köppen
Heavyweight, Women (Olympic) =14