Henriette Moller (born November 20, 1972, in Mossel Bay, Western Cape) is a South African judoka, who competed in the women's half-middleweight category.[1] She picked up a total of twelve medals in her career, including a silver from the 2004 African Judo Championships in Tunis, Tunisia and a bronze from the 1999 All-Africa Games in Johannesburg, and represented her nation South Africa in the 63-kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[2]

Henriette Moller
Personal information
Full nameHenriette Moller
Nationality South Africa
Born (1972-11-20) 20 November 1972 (age 51)
Mossel Bay, Western Cape,
South Africa
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event63 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  South Africa
All-Africa Games
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Johannesburg 63 kg
Asian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2004 Tunis 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Algiers 63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Cairo 63 kg

Moller qualified as a lone judoka for the South African squad in the women's half-middleweight class (63 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by placing second and granting a berth from the African Championships in Tunis, Tunisia.[2][3] Moller received a bye in the first round, but fell short in a pulverizing ippon defeat and an ippon seoi nage (one-arm shoulder throw) to North Korea's Hong Ok-song one minute and twenty-two seconds into her subsequent match.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Henriette Moller". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Henriette Moller ne jure que par le sport" [Henriette Moller swears by sport] (in French). L'Express (Mauritius). 14 March 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ Lombaard, Larry (23 June 2004). "The athletes who'll make SA proud in Athens". Johannesburg: Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Judo: Women's Half-Middleweight (63kg/139 lbs) Round of 16". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 15 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Freitag injury wrecks SA's Olympic party". Independent Online (South Africa). 16 August 2004. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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