Séverine Nébié (born 27 November 1982 in Burkina Faso) is a Burkinabé judoka who trains in France. She competed at the

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in the Women -63kg event and lost in the second round. She was also the flag bearer for Burkina Faso at the

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. She also competes in ju-jitsu in which she won the world championship 2015 in Thailand. After she won the silver medal at the women's 62 kg fighting during the World Games 2013 in

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, competing for France, she even won the gold medal in the next edition in Wrocław in the -62 kg category.

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1982 births Living people Burkinabé female judoka Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Burkina Faso World Games silver medalists for France African Games gold medalists for Burkina Faso African Games medalists in judo World Games gold medalists for France Competitors at the 2011 All-Africa Games 21st-century Burkinabé people World Games medalists in ju-jitsu Medalists at the 2013 World Games Medalists at the 2017 World Games {{BurkinaFaso-judo-bio-stub