Marc Alexandre (born 30 October 1959) is a retired judoka from

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, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (

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and

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). He was born in

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. Alexandre won the bronze medal in the men's half-lightweight division (65 kg), alongside Austria's Josef Reiter, at the

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, followed by the gold medal, four years later in

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in the lightweight category (71 kg) by defeating East Germany's Sven Loll in the final.

Video

Video footage of Marc Alexandre
(judovision.org)

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1959 births Living people French male judoka Judoka at the 1984 Summer Olympics Judoka at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic gold medalists for France Sportspeople from Paris Olympic medalists in judo Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics 20th-century French people 21st-century French people {{France-judo-bio-stub