Amandine Buchard

Amandine Buchard
Buchard on August 8, 2021 at Palais de Chaillot
Personal information
Nationality French
Born 12 July 1995
Noisy-le-Sec, France
Occupation Judoka
Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country France
Sport Judo
Weight class ‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games Silver (2020)
World Champ. Bronze (2014, 2018, 2022,
Bronze( 2023)
European Champ. Gold (2021, 2023)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Mixed team
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Tashkent Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Baku ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tashkent ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Doha ‍–‍52 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Minsk ‍–‍52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lisbon ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Montpellier ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2014 Montpellier ‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Sofia ‍–‍52 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place 2021 Doha ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Saint Petersburg ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Guangzhou ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Qingdao ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2019 Baku ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Osaka ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2021 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antalya ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Paris ‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Tokyo ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Osaka ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Paris ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2013 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Jeju ‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Marrakesh ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2017 Düsseldorf ‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Zagreb ‍–‍52 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Fort Lauderdale ‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Ljubljana ‍–‍48 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kyiv ‍–‍48 kg
European Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Cottonera ‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF 7539
JudoInside.com 67320
Updated on 4 November 2023.

Amandine Buchard (born 12 July 1995) is a French judoka. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the half lightweight event, and a gold medal in the mixed team event.

Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Judo Championships in Chelyabinsk.

She was junior world champion in 2014, having won the 2014 World Judo Junior Championships.

In 2019, she won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China. In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France.

Personal life

She is openly lesbian.