Pascal Tayot

Pascal Luc Tayot (born March 15, 1965 in Gennevilliers ) is a former French judoka . He was Olympic runner-up in 1992 and European champion in 1992 and 1993.

The 1.88 m tall Tayot competed until 1985 and in 1988 in the light middleweight class up to 78 kilograms; 1986, 1987 and from 1989 he fought middleweight up to 86 kilograms.

In 1984 Tayot was second in the Junior European Championships and winner of the Student World Championships, in 1985 he won the Junior European Championships. In 1986 he won the military world championships. In 1988 he won his first French championship. At the European Championships in 1988 he won a bronze medal. Four months later, at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, he lost to two Germans: In the quarterfinals he lost to West German Frank Wieneke , in the battle for the bronze medal, Torsten Bréchôt from the GDR won, so that Tayot took fifth place.

At the beginning of 1989 Tayot won the world cup tournament in Paris, the Tournoi de Paris , for the first time ; At the end of the year he won his second French championship title in Paris. Both in 1989 and 1990, Tayot won the silver medal at the European team championships with the French team. In 1991 Tayot won again at the Tournoi de Paris. At the 1991 Judo World Championships, Tayot lost to US judoka Joey Wanag in the semifinals , and Waldemar Legień from Poland won the battle for bronze . In 1992 Tayot won the Tournoi de Paris again. Three months later, the 1992 European Championships took place in Paris , Tayot won the title by beating Romanian Adrian Croitoru in the final . Two and a half months later, Tayot reached the final at the Olympic Games in Barcelona with four wins , the final won by Pole Waldemar Legień with a Yuko rating. In 1992 and 1993 the French won the European Team Championships. At the European Championships in 1993 Tayot won the final against Apti Magomadov from the Republic of Moldova .

Web links

• Pascal Tayot in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Pascal Tayot on judoinside.com