Annabelle Laprovidence
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National team | Mauritius | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | August 31, 1992 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Mauritius | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | +78 kg | |||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on November 10, 2017. |
Annabelle Laprovidence (born 31 August 1992) is a Mauritian judoka, who has competed for her country internationally. She won a bronze medal in the women's +75 kg class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.
Career[]
Annabelle Laprovidence was born on 31 August 1992, and began competing internationally for Mauritius in 2011 when she took part in the African Under-20 Championships in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[1] She won bronze in her class at Agadir, Morocco in the 2012 African Judo Championships. Laprovidence also competed at those championships in subsequent years, but failed to win any further medals.[1]
She competed for Mauritius at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. She defeated Canada's Sophie Vaillancourt in the quarter finals of the women's judo +75 kg weight class, but lost to Jodie Myers of England in the semi final. In one of the two bronze medal matches, Laprovidence defeated of Sri Lanka to win a medal.[2] In a competition between the Judoka of Mauritius and Reunion Island the following year, Laprovidence was the only winner for her country.[3] She was one of two medallists for her nation, and was rewarded with 15,000 Mauritian rupees by the Lord Mayor of Port Louis, .[4]
Personal life[]
Laprovidence has a son.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ANNABELLE LAPROVIDENCE JUDOKA". Judo Inside. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Judo: Women's +78kg results". BBC Sport. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Judo - Annabelle Laprovidence sauve l'honneur pour Maurice". L'Express (in French). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- ^ "Jeux du Commonwealth : Kennedy St pierre et Annabelle Laprovidence récompensés par la mairie de port louis". Top FM (in French). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Mauritius
- Mauritian female judoka
- Commonwealth Games medallists in judo