Gévrise Émane
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Gévrise Émane (born 27 July 1982) is a French judoka. She was the European champion in the women's 63 kg weight class.[1]
Emane first gained attention at the 2005 World Judo Championships in Cairo, Egypt where she won the silver medal in the women's 70 kg class.[2] Next year, Emane won her first European title at the 2006 European Judo Championships in Tampere after an ippon in the final, against the German Heide Wollert.[3]
Emane became the world champion for the first time at the 2007 World Judo Championships in Rio de Janeiro by defeating Ronda Rousey of United States by points in the final match.[2] After moving down in weight to the 63 kg class in 2009,[4] Emane claimed her second World Championship title at the 2011 World Judo Championships in Paris, where she beat two-time world champion Yoshie Ueno of Japan by unanimous decision in the final.[5]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won the bronze medal.[6]
References
- ^ Larousse Gévrise Émane Archived 20 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Ronda Rousey Wins Silver at Worlds, Becomes First American Woman to Medal in 12 Years". www.nyac.org. Archived from the original on 15 April 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Gevrise Emane FRA Heide Wollert GER". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Vrignaud, Stephane (22 April 2011). "Emane en or, Decosse s'en sort bien". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "France crowd explodes with title for Gevrise Emane". www.eju.net. Archived from the original on 26 November 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "London 2012 Summer Olympics - Athletes, Medals & Results". 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
External links
Media related to Gévrise Émane at Wikimedia Commons
- Gévrise Émane at the International Judo Federation
- Gévrise Émane at JudoInside.com
- Gévrise Émane at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Gévrise Émane at Olympics.com
- Gévrise Émane at Olympedia
- Gévrise Émane at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Gévrise Émane at The-Sports.org
- Gévrise Émane on Facebook
- L'Equipe profile
World Judo Championships — Women's Middleweight | |
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1980–97: –66 kg • 1999–present: –70 kg | |
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World Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight | |
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1980–97: –61 kg • 1999–present: –63 kg | |
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European Judo Championships — Women's Middleweight | |
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1974–97: –66 kg • 1998–present: –70 kg | |
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European Judo Championships — Women's Half Middleweight | |
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1974–97: –61 kg • 1998–present: –63 kg | |
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Categories:
- Sportspeople from Yaoundé
- French female judoka
- Cameroonian emigrants to France
- Olympic judoka for France
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- 1982 births
- Olympic bronze medalists for France
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
- European Games gold medalists for France
- European Games medalists in judo
- Judoka at the 2015 European Games
- Universiade medalists in judo
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for France