Stéphane Traineau

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Stéphane Traineau (2014)

Stéphane André Michel Traineau (born September 16, 1966 in Cholet ) is a former French judoka . He was Olympic third in 1996 and 2000 and world champion in 1991 in the light heavyweight division.

Athletic career

The 1.92 m tall Stéphane Traineau was third in the 1986 European Junior Championships. In 1987 he won the Tournoi de Paris , the World Cup tournament in Paris for the first time , and in 1988 he won there again. At the French championships in 1987 and 1988, he finished second behind Roger Vachon . In May 1988 he finished fifth at the European Championships . At the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 he won his first two fights and then retired from Czechoslovakia against Jiří Sosna and finished tenth.

In 1989 he finished fifth at the World Championships in Belgrade after losing in the semifinals against Koba Kurtanidze from the Soviet Union and in the battle for bronze against the Belgian Robert Van De Walle . In 1990 Traineau won the final of the European Championships over the German Marc Meiling . In 1991 he lost to François Fournier in the final of the French championships , but then won the Tournoi de Paris. At the European Championships in Prague he lost to the Dutch Theo Meijer in the semi-finals , and Traineau won the battle for bronze against the Austrian Martin Lieb . Two months later he won the semifinals of the World Championships in Barcelona against Marc Meiling, in the final he defeated the Pole Paweł Nastula . At the end of 1991 he won his first French championship as the reigning world champion. In May 1992 Traineau won the final of the European Championships against the Russian Dmitri Sergeyev, who started for the CIS . At the Olympic Games in Barcelona , Traineau won his first two fights, but then dropped out against US judoka Leo White .

In 1993 Traineau won the Tournoi de Paris. In the final of the European Championships in Athens he defeated the Austrian Thomas Etlinger . At the World Championships in Hamilton, Canada, he was defeated in the quarter-finals to the Hungarian Antal Kovács , after two wins in the hope round, he defeated Dmitri Sergejew, who is now playing for Russia, in the battle for bronze. In 1994 Traineau was French national champion for the second time. In 1995 he lost to the British Raymond Stevens in the quarterfinals of the European Championships , but won his next two fights and received the bronze medal by defeating Antal Kovács. At the World Championships in Chiba he was defeated in the quarterfinals against the Kazakhs Sergei Shakimov . With two wins in the round of hope, he reached the battle for bronze, in which he defeated the Uzbeks Dmitry Solovyov . At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta , Traineau defeated the Japanese Yoshio Nakamura in the quarter-finals , but then lost to the South Korean Kim Min-soo in the semi-finals . In the battle for bronze, he won over the Hungarian Antal Kovács.

In 1997 Traineau won the French national championships. In 1999 he won the title at the European Championships in Bratislava by beating Poland's Paweł Nastula in the final. At the World Championships in Birmingham he was defeated in the quarter-finals to the Japanese Kōsei Inoue and in the battle for bronze to the Russian Alexander Michailin . In September 2000 Traineau played its last major tournament at the Olympic Games in Sydney . In the semifinals he was defeated by the Canadian Nicolas Gill and won the battle for bronze against Ariel Zeevi from Israel.

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SURNAME Traineau, Stéphane
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Traineau, Stéphane André Michel (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French judoka
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Cholet