Anne-Caroline Graffe

Anne-Caroline Graffe

Anne-Caroline Graffe with the silver medal of the 2012 Olympic Summer Games

Personal information

Nationality:

France

Society:

AS Manu-Ura

Birthday:

February 12, 1986

Place of birth:

Papeete

Medals

Olympic games
silver	London 2012	over 67 kg
World championships
gold	Gyeongju 2011	over 73 kg
bronze	Puebla 2013	over 73 kg
European championships
bronze	Rome 2008	over 73 kg
silver	St. Petersburg 2010	over 73 kg
gold	Manchester 2012	over 73 kg

Anne-Caroline Graffe (born February 12, 1986 in Papeete , French Polynesia ) is a French Taekwondoin . It starts in the weight class over 73 kilograms. She is a Knight of the French National Order of Merit .

Graffe started her sport at the age of eleven with the Tahitian club AS Manu-Ura . In 2003 she moved to France to train under professional conditions. In the same year she took part in the world championship for the first time in Garmisch-Partenkirchen , but was eliminated in her opening fight. She finally had her first successes in 2008, she reached the semi-finals at the European Championships in Rome and won bronze. At the next European Championship in Saint Petersburg in 2010 , Graffe rose by one place and won silver, she only lost in the final against Rosana Simón .

Graffe celebrated her greatest sporting success in 2011 in Gyeongju . At the world championship she won the final against the favorite local hero An Sae-bom and won her first world title. She also won the title at the European Championship in Manchester the following year , beating Rosana Simón in the final, against whom she had previously lost eight times in a row in various competitions. Graffe qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London . There she advanced to the final and won the silver medal after a 7: 9 defeat against Milica Mandić .

Web links

Anne-Caroline Graffe on the TaekwondoData .com website

Individual evidence

↑ on legiondhonneur.fr, accessed on March 21, 2013 and Cérémonie de remise de décorations aux médaillés Olympiques de Londres ( Memento of March 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on elysee.fr, accessed on March 21, 2013
^ Anne-Caroline Graffe. Retrieved May 18, 2012 (French).

personal data
SURNAME	Graffe, Anne-Caroline
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French Taekwondoin
DATE OF BIRTH	February 12, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH	Papeete

[ordremerite-1] ur.fr, accessed on March 21, 2013 and Cérémonie de remise de décorations aux médaillés Olympiques de Londres ( Memento of March 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on elysee.fr, accessed on March 21, 2013

[2] Anne-Caroline Graffe. Retrieved May 18, 2012 (French).