Audrey La Rizza
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| Nationality |
 France | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
21 April 1981 Grenoble, France | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 52 kg | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | US Orleans Judo | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by |
Christophe Brunet Cathy Fleury | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Audrey La Rizza (born April 21, 1981 in Grenoble) is a French judoka, who played for the half-lightweight category.[1] She won a gold medal for her division at the 2003 Summer Universiade in Jeju City, South Korea, and silver at the 2007 European Judo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[2][3] She is also a member of US Orleans Judo Club, and is coached and trained by Christophe Brunet and Cathy Fleury.
At age twenty-seven, La Rizza made her official debut for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed in the women's half-lightweight class (52 kg). She lost the first preliminary match, with a koka and a kosoto gari (small outer reap), to Olympic bronze medalist Ilse Heylen of Belgium.[4]
References
- ↑ "Audrey La Rizza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "University Games North Korea claims first gold". Dawn Archives. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Team USA Competes at Paris Super World Cup This Weekend". USA Judo. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ↑ "Women's Half Lightweight (52kg/114 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
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