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Alexandre Émond (born 25 May 1984 in
Laval, Quebec Laval is a city in Quebec, Canada. It is in the southwest of the province, north of Montreal. It is the largest suburb of Montreal, the third-largest city in the province after Montreal and Quebec City, and the thirteenth largest city in Can ...
) is a Canadian
judoka is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...
. He competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in the 90 kg event and was eliminated in the first round by the British judoka Winston Gordon. Émond has enjoyed success at the
Pan American Judo Championships The Pan American Judo Championships are continental judo Championships organized by the Pan American Judo Confederation since 2009. Previous championships were organized by the Panamerican Judo Union. From 2022 they are renamed to Pan American-O ...
winning two gold, one silver and two bronze medals between 2008 and 2012. He also won the bronze medal at the
2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...
.


See also

* Judo in Quebec *
Judo in Canada The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka Sasaki, Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in V ...
* List of Canadian judoka


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* 1984 births Living people Canadian male judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada in judo Sportspeople from Laval, Quebec Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian sportsmen 21st-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-judo-bio-stub