Marc Alexandre (born 30 October 1959) is a retired

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from France, who represented his native country at two consecutive

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

and

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

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, California, followed by the gold medal, four years later in Seoul, South Korea in the lightweight category (71 kg) by defeating East Germany's

Sven Loll Sven Loll (born 4 April 1964 in Berlin) is a retired male judoka from Germany, who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the silver medal in the Men's Lightweight (– 71 kg) division ...

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