Larbi Benboudaoud

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Larbi Benboudaoud (born March 5, 1974 in Bordj Zemoura , Bordj Bou Arreridj , Algeria ) is a former French judoka . He was second in the 2000 Olympic Games and World Champion in 1999.

Athletic career

The 1.70 m tall Benboudaoud competed in a half-light weight of up to 66 kilograms. In 1994 he was French junior champion and seventh in the junior world championships. In 1994 he won a bronze medal at the Junior European Championships. At the European Championships in 1996 he was defeated by the German Peter Schlatter in the round of 16 , after three wins in the round of hope he received a bronze medal. Benboudahoud also started at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta . He won his first fight against the Turkish Bektaş Demirel and lost in his second fight against the Brazilian Henrique Guimarães .

At the European Championships in 1997 he lost in the semifinals against the Turk Hüseyin Özkan , in the battle for bronze he defeated the Hungarian József Csák . At the Judo World Championships in Paris in 1997 he reached the final and was defeated there by the South Korean Kim Hyuk . In 1998 Benboudaoud won the final at the European Championships in Oviedo against the Russian Islam Mazijew . A year later, the French won the final of the European Championships in Bratislava against the Italian Girolamo Giovinazzo . In the final of the 1999 World Judo Championships in Birmingham, he won against Hüseyin Özkan from Turkey. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Benboudahoud defeated the Italian Girolamo Giovinazzo in the semifinals, while Hüseyin Özkan won the final after 2:46 minutes.

In the quarter-finals of the 2001 European Championships, Benboudaoud lost to the Slovak Jozef Krnáč , but then fought his way through to the bronze medal in the hope round . At the World Judo Championships in Osaka in 2003, the French lost to the Iranian Ārash Miresmāeli in the final . In 2004 Benboudadoud took part in the Olympic Games for the third time . He lost his first fight against the Turkish Bektaş Demirel.

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SURNAME Benboudaoud, Larbi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French judoka
DATE OF BIRTH March 5th 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordj Zemoura , Bordj Bou Arreridj , Algeria