Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard
Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (born June 26, 1994) is a Canadian judoka who competes in the women's 63 kg category. Beauchemin-Pinard won a bronze medal in the 63 kg weight class at the 2020 Summer Olympics, making her the second Canadian woman to win a medal in judo at the Summer Olympics.[2][3] She has been ranked in the top 10 of the world in her weight category.[4][5][6][7]
Career
In June 2016, she was named to Canada's Olympic team.[8]
In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[9]
Beauchemin-Pinard competed as part of Canada's 2020 Olympic team in Tokyo.[10] She won all her matches in the under-63 kg class before losing to world champion and eventual Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou in the semifinals. Beauchemin-Pinard then won the bronze medal defeating Anriquelis Barrios by waza-ari in extra time.[2][11] After her victory she said that,
"I remember going to Rio in 2016 and leaving so disappointed with my performance. I said to myself, I want to go to Tokyo, win a medal and perform there. And I did it."[2]
She won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Women's 63 kg.[12]
She won a silver medal at the 2022 World Judo Championships.[13]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ a b c Jamie Strashin (July 27, 2021). "Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard captures Olympic bronze in judo". CBC Sports.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website.
- ^ "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Judoka". judoinside.com.
- ^ "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Places Fifth in Rabat, Morocco". fightnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20. Retrieved 2015-06-20.
- ^ "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Archives". Judo Central. Archived from the original on 2015-06-20.
- ^ Hossain, Asif (28 June 2016). "Valois-Fortier headlines eight judokas nominated to Olympic team for Rio 2016". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ Shefferd, Neil (2 April 2021). "Albayrak gives host nation Turkey their first gold at IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Six Canadians set for judo's Olympic return to its birthplace". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ "Beauchemin-Pinard wins bronze in 63kg judo". TSN. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ "Beauchemin-Pinard defeats Howell in Commonwealth final U63kg". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard earns world judo silver". CTVNews. 2022-10-09. Retrieved 2022-10-12.
External links
- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at the International Judo Federation
- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at JudoInside.com
- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at Olympics.com
- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at Olympedia
- Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard at Judo Canada
- Canadian female judoka
- 1994 births
- Living people
- French Quebecers
- Judoka at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic judoka of Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in judo
- 20th-century Canadian women
- 21st-century Canadian women
- Commonwealth Games medallists in judo
- Judoka at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Canadian judo biography stubs