Althéa Laurin
 Althéa Laurin with the silver medal won at the 2019 European Championships for Olympic Weight Categories | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Representing  France
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| Women's taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
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2020 Tokyo | +67 kg |
| European Championships | ||
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2022 Manchester | 73 kg |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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2018 Tarragona | 67 kg |
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2022 Oran | +67 kg |
Althéa Laurin (born 1 September 2001) is a French taekwondo athlete.
She is the 2021 bronze medallist in the women +67 kg at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is also decorated Knight of the National Order of Merit.
She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.[1]
Career
She won the European Taekwondo Junior Championships in Larnaca and the Women's Light Heavyweight -68 kg at the 2018 Junior World Championship in Hammamet.[2] She made her Olympic debut representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
She was selected for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg where she defeated Briseida Acosta in the opening round and Zheng Shuyin in the second round. She overcame Aminata Traoré in the repechage to secure a bronze Olympic medal.[4]
She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5]
References
- ^ Brennan, Eliott (20 May 2022). "Olympic medallist Laurin and Ravet claim gold medals for France at European Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
- ^ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo LAURIN Althea - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo - Women +67kg Schedule | Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com/tokyo-2020/. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
- ^ "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
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