Career
He then moved to Canton of Jura where he worked as a mechanic. Besides competing in judo, he also acted as a referee, at the national (since 1965), European (since 1974) and world level (since 1985). 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 daughter
Hänni is married and has two children. He is a fan motorcycle racing, in which he competed at the national level