Fabien Canu

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Fabien Canu (born April 23, 1960 in Saint-Valery-en-Caux ) is a former French judoka . In 1987 and 1989 he was world champion in middleweight, the weight class up to 86 kilograms.

Athletic career

Canu was third in the 1977 European Cadet Championships. In 1980 he won a bronze medal in the light middleweight division at the World Student Championships. From 1982 he started in the middleweight division. The 1.82 m tall Canu was the French champion in this weight class in 1983, 1986, 1987 and 1989. In 1985 he was second behind François Fournier . In 1991, French national championships were held twice, in January Jean-Luc Geymond won ahead of Canu, in December Pascal Tayot won ahead of Canu.

In 1982 Canu won the World Student Championships. In 1983 he won the Mediterranean Games in Casablanca. At the 1983 World Championships in Moscow , he defeated the Japanese Seiki Nose in the quarterfinals and the Austrian Peter Seisenbacher in the semifinals . In the final he lost to Detlef Ultsch from the GDR. The following year he was defeated at the European Championships in 1984 in the semifinals Vitali Pesnjak from the Soviet Union. In the battle for a bronze medal, he lost to Peter Seisenbacher. In Los Angeles at the 1984 Olympic Games , he met Peter Seisenbacher again in the semifinals and lost after 2:01 minutes. In the battle for bronze he lost to Seiki Nose after 2:12 minutes.

At the beginning of 1985 Fabien Canu won the Tournoi de Paris for the first time , further victories in this tournament followed in 1986 and 1988. At the World Championships in Seoul he won a bronze medal. In 1986 he lost to Peter Seisenbacher in the quarter-finals of the European Championships . Canu secured a bronze medal with three wins in the Hope Round. In 1987 Canu won the semifinals at the European Championships against the Dutchman Ben Spijkers , in the final he defeated the British Densign White and was European champion for the first time. In September he won the Mediterranean Games for the second time after 1983. In November at the World Championships in Essen , he defeated the Japanese Masao Murata in the semifinals and the North Korean Pak Jong-chol in the final . In 1988 Canu defended his European title, again he beat Densign White in the final.

At the Olympic Games in 1988 he met Peter Seisenbacher in the quarterfinals, who won with a Yuko rating. In the hope round Canu won against the South Korean Kim Seung-gyu by referee decision (Yusei-gachi). Also by referee decision Canu lost in the fight for a bronze medal against the Japanese Akinobu Ōsako . The two-time European champion and reigning world champion Canu was fifth at the Olympic Games for the second time.

By winning over Axel Lobenstein from the GDR in the semifinals and over Vitali Budjukin from the Soviet Union in the final, Canu won his third European Championship title in 1989 . Five months later he defeated Budjukin in the quarterfinals of the World Championships in Belgrade . After his victory over Roman Karger from Czechoslovakia in the semi-finals, he defeated the Dutchman Ben Spijkers in the final and was world champion for the second time. At the European Championships in 1990 he lost to Axel Lobenstein in the semifinals, in the battle for bronze he defeated Ben Spijkers. Canu ended his career in 1992.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ State championships 1985 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ National Championships in 1991 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ National Championships in 1991 at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  5. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . P. 954
  6. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  7. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 108
personal data
SURNAME Canu, Fabien
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French judoka
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Valery-en-Caux