Antoine Valois-Fortier
Antoine Valois-Fortier (born March 13, 1990) is a Canadian athlete. He is best known as a judoka.[1]
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Nickname(s) | Antonio, Tony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Quebec City, Quebec, Canada | March 13, 1990|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 81 kilograms (179 lb) (2012) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Shidokan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Nicolas Gill | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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History
He was the winner of the Canadian National Judo Championship in the -81 kg category in 2010.[2]
Valois-Fortier won a bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, defeating Travis Stevens of the United States in the men's 81 kg half-middleweight judo.[3] It was the Canada's first medal in Olympic Judo since 2000 when his coach Nicolas Gill won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[4]
References
- ↑ "Antoine Valois-Fortier". SportsReference.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Antoine Valois-Fortier". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Canadian judoka Antoine Valois-Fortier wins bronze". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
- ↑ "Antoine Valois-Fortier Earns Olympic Bronze Medal!". Judo Canada. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2015.