Marie-Claire Restoux (born 9 April 1968 in

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ka, world champion and Olympic champion. She won a gold medal in the ''half lightweight division'' at the

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."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Judo"
(Retrieved on June 19, 2008) She received a gold medal at the

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, and again in

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, and a bronze medal in

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* 1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Charente French female judoka Olympic judoka of France Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in judo Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games 21st-century French women 20th-century French women {{France-Olympic-medalist-stub