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Luce Baillargeon (born 24 July 1977 in
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec Saint-Hyacinthe ( , ) is a city in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. The population as of the 2021 Canadian census was 57,239. The city is located in Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie r ...
) is a
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former
judo 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 ...
ka who competed in the
2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
. She is a second degree black belt. Apart from being an Olympian, Luce's highlights include: * 1997-1999 World Team member * 1997 World Championships, Paris – 5th * 1994 Junior World Championships – Silver * 1999 Pan American Championship – 3rd * 2004 A-Tournament Leonding – 2nd * 2002  A-Tournament Minsk – 3rd * 2001 Polish Open Warsaw – 3rd * 1997 Fukuoka Tournament – 3rd * 1997 Czech Cup Prague – 3rd


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Judo in Quebec The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in the Canadian province of Quebec since 1946. History Judo was introduced to Canada in the early twentieth century by Japanese migrants, and was limited to British Columbia u ...
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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 ...
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List of Canadian judoka This is a list of prominent Canadian judoka, including members of the Judo Canada Hall of Fame, lifetime members of Judo Canada, ''kōdansha'' (high '' dan''-holders), all participants in the Olympics, Paralympics, and World Judo Championships, a ...


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* 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Hyacinthe Canadian female judoka Olympic judoka for Canada Judoka at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in judo Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Judoka at the 1999 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian sportswomen 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-judo-bio-stub