Marie Christianne Legentil (born 27 May 1992, in
Port Mathurin) is a
Mauritian 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 ...
who competes in the women's 52 kg category.
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 ...
, she won against later double world champion
Majlinda Kelmendi and was
defeated in the quarter finals.
In 2014 and 2015 she was runner up at the African Championships. In 2014, she was winner of the African Open Port Louis 2014 –52 kg. At the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...
, she again met
Majlinda Kelmendi but this time she
lost to the eventual gold medalist in the quarter finals.
In 2019, she competed in the
women's 52 kg event at the
2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.
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1992 births
Living people
Mauritian female judoka
Olympic judoka for Mauritius
Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Mauritius
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in judo
Judoka at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Judoka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
People from Rodrigues
African Games competitors for Mauritius
Judoka at the 2023 African Games
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