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Nathalie Gosselin (born March 31, 1966, in
Lévis, Quebec Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec and the Pierre-Laporte, connect western Lévis wit ...
) is a retired judoka from
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, who won the bronze medal in the women's lightweight (– 56 kg) competition at the 1987 Pan American Games. She represented her native country at the
1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
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, after having won the bronze medal in the women's half-lightweight division (– 52 kg) a year earlier at the 1995 Pan American Games. In 1986, she won the bronze medal in the 56 kg weight category at the judo demonstration sport event as part of the 1986 Commonwealth Games.


See also

* Judo in Ontario *
Judo in Canada The Japanese martial art and combat sport judo has been practised in Canada for over a century. The first long-term judo dojo in Canada, Tai Iku Dojo, was established by a Japanese immigrant named Shigetaka "Steve" Sasaki in Vancouver in 1924. S ...
* List of Canadian judoka


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1966 births Canadian female judoka Judoka at the 1995 Pan American Games Judoka at the 1996 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic judoka for Canada Sportspeople from Lévis, Quebec Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-judo-bio-stub