Gévrise Émane

Gévrise Emane

Emane in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1982-07-27) 27 July 1982 Yaounde, Cameroon
Sport
Country	France
Sport	Judo
Medal record Olympic Games Bronze 2012 London –63 kg World Championships Silver 2005 Cairo –70 kg Gold 2007 Rio de Janeiro –70 kg Gold 2011 Paris –63 kg Bronze 2013 Rio de Janeiro –63 kg European Championships Gold 2006 Tampere –70 kg Gold 2007 Belgrade –70 kg Bronze 2008 Lisbon –70 kg Gold 2011 Istanbul –63 kg Gold 2012 Chelyabinsk –63 kg

Gévrise Émane (born July 27, 1982 in Yaoundé, Cameroon) is a French judoka. She is the current 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

External links

• L'Equipe profile
• The-Sports.org profile