fullname coach event club headercolor birth_place weight height sport birth_date article_title name
lena göldi leo held 57 kg jc biel # 76abf5 safnern , bern , switzerland 57 kg lb 0 on 1.64 0 on judo 1 october 1979 lena göldi
 lena göldi
lena göldi

lena göldi -lrb- born october 1 , 1979 in safnern , bern -rrb- is a retired swiss judoka who competed in the women 's lightweight category .
she held six swiss senior titles in her own division , picked up a total of thirty medals in her career , including a silver from the 2003 european judo championships in düsseldorf , and represented switzerland as a lone female judoka at the 2004 summer olympics .
throughout most of her sporting career , goeldi trained for the biel judo club in biel , and also became a full-fledged member of the swiss national judo squad , under head coach and sensei leo held .
goeldi qualified for the two-member swiss judo squad in the women 's lightweight class -lrb- 57 kg -rrb- at the 2004 summer olympics in athens , based on the nation 's entry to the top 22 for her own division in the world rankings by the international judo federation .
despite having a torn anterior cruciate ligament on her right knee , goeldi managed to secure two straight victories over 2000 olympic bronze medalist maria pekli of australia and catherine ekuta of nigeria in the prelims .
facing off against cuba 's yurisleydis lupetey in the quarterfinals , goeldi could not throw her opponent into the tatami because of a knee injury , and had to pull herself out of the tournament through a kiken gachi decision .
after the match , she was immediately carried by head coach leo held and physiotherapist pascal bourban to the wheelchair from the tatami , and was sent directly to the medical clinic within the olympic village .
because the ligament had been completely torn in her right knee , medics required her to undergo a six-month rehabilitation and a surgery .
because lupetey advanced further into the semifinals , goeldi was also unable to fight against france 's barbara harel in their scheduled repechage match , granting her opponent a quick victory by a default -lrb- a fusen gachi decision -rrb- .
goldi also sought her second olympic bid in beijing , but she had been lingered by foot and shoulder injuries during her pre-olympic campaign , and thereby decided to retire from judo .
