Catherine Fleury (born 18 June 1966 in

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) is a French

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, world and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the half middleweight division at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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."1992 Summer Olympics – Barcelona, Spain – Judo"
(Retrieved on 19 June 2008) She won a gold medal at the

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and bronze medals at the

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and at the 1995 World Judo Championships. She was the first French woman in history winning the gold medal at the Olympics.

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* * 1966 births Living people Judoka from Paris French female judoka Olympic judoka for France Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics 20th-century French sportswomen 21st-century French women {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub