Loïc Korval
Loïc Korval (born May 15, 1988 in Nogent-sur-Marne ) is a former French judoka . In 2010 he was third in the world championship, in 2014 European champion and in 2015 European championship runner-up.
Athletic career
Loïc Korval won his first international medal in the weight class up to 50 kilograms in 2002 when he was third in the European Cadet Championships. As an adult, the 1.73 m tall Loïc Korval fought mostly at half-light weight, the weight class up to 66 kilograms. In 2009 he won his first World Cup tournament in Tallinn . At the 2010 European Championships in Vienna, he lost to the Austrian Andreas Mitterfellner in the quarter-finals . With a victory over the Armenian Armen Nazarjan in the round of hope Korval reached the fight for a bronze medal, which he lost to the Slovenian Rok Drakšič . After a third place at the Grand Slam in Rio de JaneiroKorval reached the semi-finals at the 2010 World Championships in Tokyo with a victory over the Hungarian Miklós Ungvári , where he was defeated by the Japanese Junpei Morishita . With a victory over the Uzbek Mirzahid Farmonov Korval won a bronze medal.
In 2011 and 2013 Korval won the French championships. In early 2014 he took third place at the Grand Slam in Paris . At the 2014 European Championships in Montpellier, he defeated the Ukrainian Heorhij Santaraja in the quarter-finals and the Spaniard Sugoi Uriarte in the semifinals . There was then a purely French final, which Loïc Korval won against David Larose . At the 2014 World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Korval reached the semi-finals with a victory over the Uzbek Rishod Sobirov . After defeats against the Japanese Masashi Ebinuma and the Russian Kamal Chan-Magomedow , Korval finished fifth. In May 2015 he took third place at the Grand Slam in Baku . One month later, the 2015 European Games took place in Baku, which also included the 2015 European Championships . In the individual competition Korval reached the final with a victory over the Russian Mikhail Puljajew and lost in the final against the second Russian Kamal Chan-Magomedow. In the team competition, the French defeated the Russians in the semi-finals, while Korval defeated Palyayev. In the final, the French won against the Georgians, Korval contributed a victory against Amiran Papinashvili . Two months after the European Games, the World Championships took place in Astana . After two wins at the start, Korval was eliminated in the round of 16 against the Israeli Golan Pollack .
In 2017 Korval competed in the lightweight, the weight class up to 73 kilograms. At the 2017 European Championships , he was eliminated in the round of 16 against the Israeli Tohar Butbul . He then worked as a trainer in Serbia, but returned as an active judoka at the end of 2018.
Web links
- Tournament results on judoinside.com
Footnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korval, Loïc |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French judoka |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nogent-sur-Marne |