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Amandine Buchard (born 12 July 1995) is a French judoka. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics winning the silver medal in the half lightweight event and a gold medal in the mixed team event. She is a third dan black belt.
Career
Buchard won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Buchard was junior world champion in 2014, having won the 2014 World Juniors Championships.
In 2019, Buchard won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China. In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.
Buchard won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris.
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. She also won bronze in the same category in the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
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.
References
- ^ Knaup, Markus (21 February 2021). "Amandine Buchard". European Judo Union. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- "Amandine Buchard". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- "Amandine BUCHARD / IJF.org". www.ijf.org.
- "Shirine Boukli announced in the French Olympic team". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- "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.
- "JudoInside - Amandine Buchard Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- "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. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. 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.
- Lloyd, Owen (5 February 2022). "Japan claims four gold medals on Judo Paris Grand Slam opening day". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- "Judo - World Championships - 2024 — Results Women — Women's Half Lightweight 52 kg - 19 May 2024". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
- Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "2024 Judo World Championships Day 1: Gold and silver for Italy". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- 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.
- 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
[REDACTED] Media related to Amandine Buchard at Wikimedia Commons
- Amandine Buchard at the European Judo Union
- Amandine Buchard at the International Judo Federation
- Amandine Buchard at JudoInside.com
- Amandine Buchard at Olympics.com
- Amandine Buchard at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Amandine Buchard at Team France (in French)
- Amandine Buchard at Olympedia
- Amandine Buchard at The-Sports.org
- Amandine Buchard on Instagram
| Olympic Champions in Judo – Mixed Team | |
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2020:  France (FRA), Clarisse Agbegnenou, Amandine Buchard, Guillaume Chaine, Axel Clerget, Sarah-Léonie Cysique, Romane Dicko, Alexandre Iddir, Kilian Le Blouch, Madeleine Malonga, Margaux Pinot, Teddy Riner2024: France (FRA), Clarisse Agbegnenou, Shirine Boukli, Amandine Buchard, Sarah-Léonie Cysique, Romane Dicko, Aurélien Diesse, Alpha Oumar Djalo, Joan-Benjamin Gaba, Marie-Ève Gahié, Walide Khyar, Madeleine Malonga, Luka Mkheidze, Maxime-Gaël Ngayap Hambou, Teddy Riner |
| European Judo Championships — Women's Half Lightweight | |
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| 1974–present: –52 kg | |
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- 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
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka for France
- Olympic gold medalists for France
- Olympic silver medalists for France
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- French lesbian sportswomen
- LGBTQ judoka
- 21st-century French LGBTQ people
- Olympic medalists in judo
- 21st-century French sportswomen
- French people of Martiniquais descent