Bruno Carabetta (born 27 July 1966 in

Mulhouse Mulhouse (; Alsatian: or , ; ; meaning '' mill house'') is a city of the Haut-Rhin department, in the Grand Est region, eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. It is the largest city in Haut-Rhin and second largest in Alsace a ...

Haut-Rhin Haut-Rhin (, ; Alsatian: ''Owerelsàss'' or '; german: Oberelsass, ) is a department in the Grand Est region of France, bordering both Germany and Switzerland. It is named after the river Rhine. Its name means ''Upper Rhine''. Haut-Rhin is th ...

) is a male retired judoka from

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area ...

, who competed for his native country at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul, South Korea Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 o ...

. There he won a bronze medal in the Men's Half-Lightweight (65 kg) division after being defeated in the semi-finals by South Korea's eventual gold medalist

Lee Kyung-Keun Lee Kyung-Keun (born 7 November 1962) is a South Korean retired judoka. Lee was a runner-up in the half-lightweight (65 kg) division at the 1985 World Judo Championships. Three years later, at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 S ...

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* * * * 1966 births Living people Sportspeople from Mulhouse French male judoka Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in judo French sportspeople of Italian descent Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{France-judo-bio-stub