Audrey La Rizza

Audrey La Rizza
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1981-04-21) 21 April 1981 (age 43)
Grenoble, France
OccupationJudoka
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportJudo
Weight class–52 kg
ClubUS Orleans Judo
Coached byChristophe Brunet
Cathy Fleury
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2008)
World Champ.R16 (2007)
European Champ.Silver (2007)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  France
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgrade –52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Silver medal – second place 2009 Paris –52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Rio de Janeiro –52 kg
World Juniors Championships
Silver medal – second place 2000 Nabeul –52 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2003 Jeju –52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF2312
JudoInside.com11900
Updated on 17 November 2022

Audrey La Rizza (born 21 April 1981) is a French judoka, who competes in the half-lightweight category (−52 kg).[1] She won a gold medal at the 2003 Summer Universiade and a 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 the 2008 Olympics she lost the first preliminary match to Olympic bronze medalist Ilse Heylen of Belgium.[4]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Audrey La Rizza". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  2. ^ "University Games North Korea claims first gold". Dawn Archives. 28 August 2003. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Team USA Competes at Paris Super World Cup This Weekend". USA Judo. 7 February 2008. Archived from the original on 14 January 2013. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Women's Half Lightweight (52kg/114 lbs) Preliminaries". NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 21 August 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2012.


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