Amandine Buchard
Amandine Buchard (born 12 July 1995) is a French judoka.[1][2] She has qualified to represent France at the 2020 Summer Olympics[3] and won the silver medal in the half lightweight event, and a gold medal in the mixed team event.[4]
Career[]
She won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk.
She was junior world champion in 2014, having won the 2014 World Judo Junior Championships.[5][6]
In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China.[7] In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[8][9] At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.[10]
Personal life[]
She is openly lesbian.[11][12]
References[]
- ^ "Amandine Buchard". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ IJF profile
- ^ "Shirine Boukli announced in the French Olympic team". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Judo BUCHARD Amandine - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ "2014 World Junior Championship Fort Lauderdale". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "2014 World Junior Championship Fort Lauderdale — Results -52". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "2019 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Gillen, Nancy (11 January 2021). "Olympic silver medallist An wins under-66kg contest at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ Houston, Michael (26 November 2021). "Olympic medallist Monteiro among winners on day one of IJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Buzinski, Jim (21 June 2021). "6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride". Outsports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Amandine Buchard: The Olympic medalist judokate threatened with death: she files a complaint". The News 24. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
External links[]
- Amandine Buchard at the International Judo Federation
- Amandine Buchard at JudoInside.com
- Amandine Buchard at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Amandine Buchard at the French Olympic Committee (in French)
- Amandine Buchard at Olympedia
- 1995 births
- Living people
- French female judoka
- Sportspeople from Seine-Saint-Denis
- Judoka at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in judo
- European Games bronze medalists for France
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- LGBT sportspeople from France
- 21st-century LGBT people
- French judo biography stubs