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Larbi Benboudaoud

ラルビ・ベンブダウ　/　らるび・べんぶだう

Judoka from France

March 5, 1974 (age 52)　・　Dugny, Seine, France

Seine
judoka

My Take

I have a soft spot for athletes whose stories live in the silver rather than the gold, and Larbi Benboudaoud is a perfect example. Taking silver in the half lightweight division at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, falling in the final to Turkey's Huseyin Ozkan, is the kind of near miss that lingers. Yet the year before he was both World and European champion in the same weight class, which tells me the loss was an outlier, not the measure of the man. Standing atop the world at 170 centimeters takes technique and nerve in equal measure. I respect anyone who keeps stepping onto the mat carrying that weight.

Overview

Larbi Benboudaoud (born 5 March 1974) is a French judoka, who won the silver medal in the half lightweight (‍–‍66 kg) division at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. In the final he was defeated by Turkey's Huseyin Ozkan. He was the World and European champion in the same weight category in 1999.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Larbi Benboudaoud
Name (Japanese): ラルビ・ベンブダウ
Reading: らるび・べんぶだう
Born: March 5, 1974 (age 52)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Pisces / Tiger
Origin: Dugny, Seine, France
Blood type: Private
Height: 170 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: judoka

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BB%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6

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