Patrick Rosso

Patrick Rosso (born May 6, 1969 ) is a former French judoka who was second in the 1994 European Championship and third in 1993.

Athletic career

Patrick Rosso began his career in the half-light weight category , the weight class up to 65 kilograms. In 1988 he was runner-up in the European Junior Championships. After a fifth place at the Tournoi de Paris in early 1991, Rosso switched to lightweight, the weight class up to 71 kilograms. In June 1991 he was runner-up in the World Military Championships. At the 1991 World Championships in Barcelona, ​​he finished seventh. In 1992 he was third at the Tournoi de Paris.

In early 1993 he won the title at the French championships. Shortly afterwards he reached the final at the Tournoi de Paris and was defeated there by the German Martin Schmidt . At the European Championships in Athens in 1993 he lost in the semifinals against Tarlan Poladov from Azerbaijan, in the battle for bronze he defeated the Italian Diego Brambilla . In June 1993, Rosso and Brambilla met again in the final of the Mediterranean Games in Perpignan and Rosso won here too. At the beginning of October, Rosso reached the semifinals at the World Championships in Hamilton with a victory over the Japanese Daisuke Hideshima . After defeats to South Korean Chung Hoon and Brazilian Rogério Sampaio , Rosso finished fifth.

In 1994 Rosso won the Tournoi de Paris with a final victory over his compatriot Christophe Gagliano . At the European Championships in Gdansk he reached the final with a victory over the Hungarian Bertalan Hajtós , in the final he was defeated by the Russian Sergei Kosminin . In September 1994 he won the team world title with the French team. In 1994 and 1995 he won bronze with the team at the European team championships.

Web links

• Tournament results at judoinside.com

Footnotes

1. ↑ Mediterranean Games 1993 at judoinside.com