François Gauthier-Drapeau (born 27 January 1998) is a Canadian
judoka
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who competes in the men's 81 kg category and formerly in the 73 kg category.
Gauthier-Drapeau was born in
Alma, Quebec
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Geography
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, Canada.
Career
Junior
At the 2016 Pan American Junior Judo Championships in
Buenos Aires
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, Argentina, Gauthier-Drapeau won the bronze medal in the 73 kg category.
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Senior
After a few years of inactivity due to an injury and the COVID-19 pandemic
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, Gauthier-Drapeau returned to competition at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Paris
The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Paris was to be held in Paris, France, from 8–9 May 2021, but postponed to 16–17 October 2021.
Event videos
The event was aired freely on the IJF YouTube channel.
Medal summary Medal table
Men
Women
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in the 81 kg category, where he lost in overtime to the then number two world ranked Matthias Casse
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In 2017, Matthias Casse became junior world champion in Zagreb, the first Belgian male judoka to achieve this since Johan Laats i ...
of Belgium.[ The following month, in his second Grand Slam, Gauthier-Drapeau won bronze at the ]2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku
The 2021 Judo Grand Slam Baku was held at the Heydar Aliyev Sports and Concert Complex in Baku, Azerbaijan from 5 to 7 November 2021.
Event videos
The event will air freely on the IJF YouTube channel.
Medal summary Men's events
Women's ev ...
.
Gauthier-Drapeau started the 2022 season with a fifth place finish at the Paris Grand Slam, losing the bronze medal match in overtime.[ A couple weeks later, Gauthier-Drapeau would win bronze at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv. In April 2022, at the combined 2022 Pan American-Oceania Judo Championships in ]Lima
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, Peru, Gauthier-Drapeau won the bronze medal in the 81 kg category. Another fifth finish followed at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest
The 2022 Judo Grand Slam Budapest was held at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 8 to 10 July 2022 as part of the IJF World Tour and during the 2024 Summer Olympics qualification period.
Event videos
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.multi-sport event
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team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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in June 2022.
References
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1998 births
Living people
Canadian male judoka
People from Alma, Quebec
French Quebecers
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