Althéa Laurin
 Althéa Laurin with the silver medal won at the 2019 European Championships for Olympic Weight Categories | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  France
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| Women's taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2020 Tokyo | +67 kg |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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2018 Tarragona | 67 kg |
Althéa Laurin (born 1 September 2001) is a French taekwondo athlete.
She is the 2021 bronze medallist in the women +67 kg at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is also decorated Knight of the National Order of Merit.
Career[]
She won the European Taekwondo Junior Championships in Larnaca and the Women's Light Heavyweight -68 kg at the 2018 Junior World Championship in Hammamet.[1] She made her Olympic debut representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[2]
She was selected for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg where she defeated Briseida Acosta in the opening round and Zheng Shuyin in the second round. She overcame Aminata Traoré in the repechage to secure a bronze Olympic medal.[3]
References[]
- ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo LAURIN Althea - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Taekwondo - Women +67kg Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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External links[]
- Althéa Laurin at TaekwondoData.com
- Althéa Laurin at the French Olympic Committee (in French)
- Althéa Laurin at Olympedia
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- 2001 births
- Living people
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- French female taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of France
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- French martial arts biography stubs
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