Marlène Harnois
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
Competitor for  France
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| Women’s taekwondo | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Bronze | 2012 London | 57 kg |
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 2011 Gyeongju | Featherweight |
| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 2012 Manchester | Lightweight |
| Gold | 2008 Rome | Lightweight |
| Bronze | 2010 Saint Petersburg | Welterweight |
| Universiade | ||
| Gold | 2011 Shenzhen | Featherweight |
| Bronze | 2009 Belgrade | Lightweight |
Marlène Harnois (born 22 October 1986) is a Canadian-born French taekwondo practitioner and olympic medalist. Also, European champion, World university champion and World medalist.
Harnois was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1] She became a junior Canadian national champion at the age of 11. Two years later, she won a bronze at the world junior championships in 1999. She first arrived in France in 2001 to train there for about a year at the invitation of the French Taekwondo Federation. She returned to Canada after the end of her training stint in France and soon stopped practicing taekwondo for about four years. She returned to France in 2006 to resume her taekwondo career. She became a French citizen in April 2008.[2] [3]
She won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Women's featherweight. She won a gold medal at both the European Championships in 2008 and 2012 and a bronze medal at the European Championships in 2010.[4]
At her first Olympics (the 2012 Summer Olympics) in London, she won a bronze medal in the −57 kg category by beating Japan's Mayu Hamada in one of the two bronze medal contests.[5]
Honours
On march 1st 2013, she received the distinction of Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the President of France, Mr François Hollande.[6]
Results
2012
- Bronze 2012 Summer Olympics in London, UK
- Gold 2012 European Taekwondo Championships in Manchester, England
- Gold US Open in Las Vegas, USA
- Silver World team Championship in Santa Cruz, Aruba
2011
- Gold 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzen, China
- Bronze 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Gyeongju, South Korea
- Gold French national Championships
- Gold Russia Open
- Gold} Israel Open
- Gold Tournoi international de Paris
2010
- Gold Tournoi international de Paris
- Gold French national Championships
- Bronze 2010 European Taekwondo Championships in Saint Petersburg, Russia
2009
- Bronze 2011 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia
2008
- Gold 2008 European Taekwondo Championships in Rome
- Gold Deutsch Open
2007
- Gold World Open Mexico
- Gold Spanish Open
- Gold Jerusalem Open
2006
- Gold Copa d’Andorra
- Gold Jerusalem Open
- Gold Bilbao Open
Also
- Bronze World junior Championships (2000)
- Gold Korea Open (2003)
- Gold US Open (1999)
References
- ↑ "Taekwondo: Marlène Harnois en demi-finale des Mondiaux". La Provence. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "Harnois relance la machine". Eurosport. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "Un sens à ma vie". L'Équipe. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ "WTF World Championships 2011 Womens Results". Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ↑ "Harnois la vaillante". L'Équipe. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ↑ http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=ACDBAB1E59D8615BEF5A8EEE335461DA.tpdjo09v_2?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000026871340&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id