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Amandine Buchard
Buchard on August 8, 2021 at Palais de Chaillot
Personal information
Born (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 29)
Noisy-le-Sec, France
OccupationJudoka
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country France
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (2020)
World Champ.Bronze (2014, 2018, 2022,
Bronze( 2023, 2024)
European Champ.Gold (2021, 2023)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Baku ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk ‍–‍52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lisbon ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Montpellier ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍52 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2021 Doha ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antalya ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Paris ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2013 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Jeju ‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Fort Lauderdale ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ljubljana ‍–‍48 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kyiv ‍–‍48 kg
European Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Cottonera ‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
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JudoInside.com67320
Updated on 5 August 2024

Amandine Buchard (born 12 July 1995) is a French judoka.[2][3] She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics[4] winning the silver medal in the half lightweight event and a gold medal in the mixed team event.[5] She is a third dan black belt.[1]

Career

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Buchard won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[6]

Buchard was junior world champion in 2014, having won the 2014 World Juniors Championships.[7][8]

In 2019, Buchard won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China.[9] In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[10][11] At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.[12]

Buchard won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris.[13]

She won a bronze medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[14][15] She also won bronze in the same category in the 2024 Summer Olympics. [16]

Personal life

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Buchard was born in Noisy-le-Sec to a father from Metropolitan France and a mother from the French overseas department of Martinique. She is openly lesbian.[17][18]

References

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  1. ^ a b Knaup, Markus (21 February 2021). "Amandine Buchard". European Judo Union. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Amandine Buchard". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Amandine BUCHARD / IJF.org". www.ijf.org.
  4. ^ "Shirine Boukli announced in the French Olympic team". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Judo BUCHARD Amandine". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  6. ^ "JudoInside - Amandine Buchard Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  7. ^ "2014 World Junior Championship Fort Lauderdale". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  8. ^ "2014 World Junior Championship Fort Lauderdale — Results -52". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. ^ "2019 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  10. ^ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Lloyd, Owen (5 February 2022). "Japan claims four gold medals on Judo Paris Grand Slam opening day". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Judo - World Championships - 2024 — Results Women — Women's Half Lightweight 52 kg - 19 May 2024". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  15. ^ Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "2024 Judo World Championships Day 1: Gold and silver for Italy". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  16. ^ NBC Sports (28 July 2024). Amandine Buchard wins bronze in women's judo for host country France | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  17. ^ Buzinski, Jim (21 June 2021). "6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride". Outsports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  18. ^ "Amandine Buchard: The Olympic medalist judokate threatened with death: she files a complaint". The News 24. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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