Herta Reiter
Herta Reiter (born April 28, 1957) is a former Austrian judoka. She was the European champion in 1982 and third at the European Championships in 1983.
Judo career
[edit]Herta Reiter trained at the UJZ Mühlviertel.[1] She won her first Austrian championship title in 1977 in the weight class -56 kg. From 1979 she fought in the light middleweight, the weight class -61 kg. From 1979 to 1982 and in 1984 she was champion in this weight class.[2] In 1983 she was second behind Andrea Peinbauer.[3]
In 1980, Herta Reiter finished fifth at the European Championships in Udine and the World Championships in New York City. At the 1982 European Championships in Oslo, she won the title with a final victory over the Dutchwoman Chantal Han. At the end of the year, she was eliminated in the round of 16 at the 1982 World Championships in Paris against the Swede Agneta Billby. At the 1983 European Championships in Genoa, Reiter lost in the semifinals to the German Gabriele Ritschel. With a victory over Chantal Han, the Austrian won a bronze medal.[4]
After her active career, she worked as a coach.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Reiter's brother is Olympic bronze medalist Josef Reiter.[6] Her nephew Georg Reiter won the World Cup tournament in Miami in 2012.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ""UJZ-Vater" Loizenbauer ist tot" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Staatsmeister Frauen ab 1973" (PDF) (in Austrian German). pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ Österreichische Meisterschaften 1983 bei judoinside.com.
- ^ "JudoInside - Herta Reiter Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ "Sportunion Rohrbach-Berg - Allgemeines" (in German). Retrieved 2022-11-02.
- ^ "Verdienstmedaille in Silber" (in Austrian German). Yawara Michi. 2022-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
- ^ "JudoInside - Georg Reiter Judoka". Retrieved 2023-04-01.
External links
[edit]- Herta Reiter at the International Judo Federation
- Herta Reiter at JudoInside.com
