Guy Auffray

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Guy Auffray (born February 8, 1945 ) is a former French judoka . He was European champion and third in the world championship in 1971.

Athletic career

Auffray usually fought in the middleweight division, the weight class up to 80 kilograms. At the French national championships in 1969, he finished second behind Jacques Noris . Shortly thereafter, he was eliminated from the European Championships in 1969 in the pool finals against the Dutchman Martin Poglajen . The following year he reached the final of the French championships again and this time lost to Jean-Paul Coche . In 1971 he won the title for the first time, beating Jacques Noris in the final. Four weeks later he reached the final of the European Championships in Gothenburg, by defeating Guram Gogolauri from the Soviet Union, Auffray won the title. In early September 1971 at the World Championships in Ludwigshafen, Auffray was defeated by the two Japanese Shōzō Fujii and Yoshinari Shigematsu , in the battle for a bronze medal he won against the British Brian Jacks .

In 1972 Auffray won his second championship title, but Jean-Paul Coche started at the Olympic Games in Munich. In 1973 Auffray won the French championships for the third time. At the European Championships in 1973 he defeated three Germans on the way to the final: Jochen Bech and Bernd Look from the GDR and Fred Marhenke from the Federal Republic. In the pool final, Auffray defeated the Briton Brian Jacks, against whom he fought again in the final and this time lost. At the 1973 World Championships in Lausanne, Auffray was eliminated in the quarter-finals against Andrei Tschupashenko from the Soviet Union. In 1976 Auffray was once again second behind Jean-Paul Coche in the French championships.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ French Championships in 1969 at judoinside.com.
  2. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ French Championships in 1970 at judoinside.com.
  4. ↑ French Championships in 1971 at judoinside.com.
  5. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  6. ↑ French Championships in 1976 at judoinside.com.
personal data
SURNAME Auffray, guy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French judoka
DATE OF BIRTH February 8, 1945