Catherine Arnaud

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Catherine Marie-Jeanne Arnaud (born February 5, 1963 in Bordeaux ) is a former French judoka . She won two world titles and was four times European champion.

Athletic career

The 1.56 m tall Catherine Arnaud fought almost consistently in the lightweight, the weight class up to 56 kilograms. In 1983 she won her first French championship title, more followed from 1987 to 1989. In 1981 and 1982 she was second behind Béatrice Rodriguez .

Arnaud won her first international medal at the World Championships in Vienna in 1984 , when she lost to Australian Suzanne Williams in the semifinals , but won the battle for bronze against Japanese Satsuki Watabe . In 1986 Arnaud won the title in the student world championships. In 1987 she won the European title in Paris, after defeating the German Regina Philips in the semi-finals , she defeated the British Ann Hughes in the final . At the 1987 World Championships in Essen, she defeated Regina Philips in the quarter-finals. After her semi-final victory over the Cuban Cecilia Alacán , she won the title with a victory over Suzanne Williams. In 1988 she defended her European title in Pamplona with a final victory over the Spaniard Miriam Blasco . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988, women's judo was held as a demonstration competition. Catherine Arnaud lost to Susanne Williams in the semifinals and took third place.

In 1989 she won her third European title in Helsinki by beating Poland's Maria Gontowicz-Szałas in the final . Five months later, the 1989 World Championships took place in Belgrade . With victories over Miriam Blasco in the semifinals and Ann Hughes in the final, she defended her title from 1987. In 1990 Arnaud won the European Championships in Frankfurt am Main for the fourth time in a row, in the semifinals she defeated the Belgian Nicole Flagothier and in the final the German Gudrun Hausch . At the European Championships in 1991 in Prague, she lost to the Italian Laura Zimbaro in the quarter-finals , but fought her way through to the bronze medal with three wins in the round of hope. Two months later she reached the semi-finals at the World Championships in Barcelona . After defeats against the Belgian Nicole Flagothier and the British Nicola Fairbrother , Arnaud took fifth place. In 1992 she was defeated by Nicola Fairbrother in the quarterfinals of the European Championships in Paris. As in the previous year, she won a bronze medal in the Hope Round. At the Olympic premiere of women's judo in Barcelona in 1992 , Arnaud lost to Nicola Fairbrother in the quarter-finals. After losing to Kate Donahoo from the United States in the Hope Round , Arnaud finished in seventh place at the end of her career.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 227
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 426
personal data
SURNAME Arnaud, Catherine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arnaud, Catherine Marie-Jeanne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French judoka
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux