Loïc Pietri (born 27 August 1990) is a French

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who competes in the 81 kg category. He won the world title in

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, placing third in

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and second in

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. At the

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he was eliminated in the first bout. His father, Marcel Pietri, won a silver medal at the 1986 European Championships.Marcel Pietri
judoinside.com Pietri worked as a television presenter for

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during the

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. In January 2016 he had an injury on right knee that took several months to recover.

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* * * * Living people 1990 births French male judoka World judo champions Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games gold medalists for France European Games bronze medalists for France Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for France 21st-century French sportsmen {{France-judo-bio-stub