Marie-Claire Restoux (born 9 April 1968 in
La Rochefoucauld, Charente) is a French
judoka
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, world champion and Olympic champion. She won the gold medal in the
half lightweight division at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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She received a gold medal at the
1995 World Judo Championships, and again in
1997
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, and a bronze medal in
1999
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1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Charente
French female judoka
Olympic judoka for France
Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for France
Olympic medalists in judo
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in judo
Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games
20th-century French sportswomen
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