Amandine Buchard (born 12 July 1995) is a French
judoka
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. She represented
France at the 2020 Summer Olympics
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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
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, 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
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held in Qingdao, China.
In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the
2021 Judo World Masters
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held in Doha, Qatar.
At the
2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi
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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 52kg event at the
2024 World Judo Championships
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held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She also won bronze in the same category in the
2024 Summer Olympics
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Personal life
Buchard was born in
Noisy-le-Sec
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to a father from
Metropolitan France
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and a mother from the French overseas department of
Martinique
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. She is openly lesbian.
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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