Eric Haenni Judoka
Eric HAENNI
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Eric Haenni
Country: Switzerland | Born: 19 December 1938 (85 years)
Eric Haenni was 1964 Olympic finalist in Tokyo for Switzerland. He won 10 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.
Judo results
Date Result Judo event Type Cat.   
23 Mar 1974 3 Swiss Championships Bévilard NC U70
4 Mar 1972 2 Swiss Championships Fribourg NC U80
8 May 1971 1 Swiss Championships Wallisellen NC U80
19 Apr 1970 1 Swiss Championships Geneve NC U70
13 Apr 1969 1 Swiss Championships Winterthur NC U70
23 Nov 1968 3 German Open Ludwigshafen IT U70
17 Mar 1968 3 Swiss Championships Fribourg NC U70
16 Oct 1966 3 Swiss Championships Martigny NC U70
25 Sep 1965 1 Swiss Championships Luzern NC U70
20 Oct 1964 2 Olympic Games Tokyo OG U68
6 Jun 1964 1 Swiss Championships Lausanne NC U68
26 Apr 1964 3 European Championships Amateurs Berlin ECh U68 ama
7 Dec 1963 2 German Open Freiburg IT U63
7 Oct 1962 1 Swiss Championships Basel NC U68
28 Oct 1961 3 Swiss Championships Geneve NC U68
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