Joliane L. Melançon (born 22 March 1986 in Blainville, Québec) is a judoka from

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. Melançon was born in Blainville, a suburb of

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. She began with judo at age 8. She had to choose between

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and

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. She has always been more interested in sport so she chose judo. Now she trains in Club de judo de Varennes under Denis Mechin. She studies

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at UQAM. *In 2009, Melançon competed at

2009 World Judo Championships The 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August. Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reins ...

in Rotterdam. She lost close match with Polish judoka Małgorzata Bielak. *Melançon won a bronze medal at

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in 2009 and 2010. *Melançon won a bronze medal for Canada at the

2011 Pan American Judo Championships The 2011 Pan American Judo Championships was held in Guadalajara, Mexico at the CODE II Gymnasium from April 1–2, 2011. The event is being held as a test event for the 2011 Pan American Games. Also this event is one of the qualification event ...

. *Melançon represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 57 kg category.

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* * * Living people Martial artists from Quebec 1986 births Canadian female judoka People from Blainville, Quebec Judoka at the 2011 Pan American Games Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic judoka for Canada Pan American Games medalists in judo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women {{Canada-judo-bio-stub

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