Andrea Robert Paoli ( ar, أندريا روبير باولي) is a Lebanese athlete who was the

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champion of Lebanon in the senior category for five consecutive seasons.

Biography

In 2007, she won the Lebanese Juniors championship and later in the year, she earned the bronze medal at the Asian Juniors championship. This medal led to her being selected to take part in the Youth Olympic Camp that took place during the Beijing Olympic Games. She won a bronze medal at the

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and in 2011, she was ranked eighth in the world. Paoli was able to qualify to the London Olympics by ranking second the Asian Olympic Qualifiers that took place in Thailand in 2011. She represented

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at the

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held in London. She was given the honor of carrying the flag for Lebanon during the

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. During the Women's 57 kg event, she advanced from the preliminary round to the quarterfinals by defeating Nidia Munoz of Cuba. In the quarterfinals, she lost against

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of Chinese Taipei.

Family

Her brother, Philippe, is a former professional footballer. Her father, Robert, was a

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player.

References

1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Beirut Lebanese people of Greek descent Lebanese people of Italian descent Lebanese female taekwondo practitioners Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Lebanon Asian Games medalists in taekwondo Taekwondo practitioners at the 2010 Asian Games Lebanese Christians Asian Games bronze medalists for Lebanon Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Lebanon Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo {{Lebanon-taekwondo-bio-stub