Joliane L. Melançon (born 22 March 1986 in Blainville,

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) is a

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from

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. Melançon was born in Blainville, a suburb of

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. She began with judo at age 8. She had to choose between

judo is an unarmed gendai budō, modern Japanese martial art, combat sport, Olympic sport (since 1964), and the most prominent form of jacket wrestling competed internationally.『日本大百科全書』電子版【柔道】(CD-ROM version of Encyc ...

and

violin The violin, sometimes referred to as a fiddle, is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument (soprano) in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino picc ...

. She has always been more interested in sport so she chose judo. Now she trains in Club de judo de Varennes under Denis Mechin. She studies

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at UQAM. *In 2009, Melançon competed at

2009 World Judo Championships The 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August. Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later rein ...

in Rotterdam. She lost close match with Polish judoka Małgorzata Bielak. *Melançon won a bronze medal at

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in 2009 and 2010. *Melançon won a bronze medal for Canada at the 2011 Pan American Judo Championships. *Melançon represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 57 kg category.

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* * * Living people Martial artists from Quebec 1986 births Canadian female judoka People from Blainville, Quebec Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists in judo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century Canadian sportswomen {{Canada-judo-bio-stub

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