Karima Medjeded

Karima Medjeded
Medal record
Women's para judo
Representing France
Paralympic Games

Karima Medjeded is a blind French judoka.

She was the first person to win a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, when she competed in the women's extra-lightweight category in judo. Medjeded defeated three consecutive opponents by ippon, including Brazil's Karla Cardoso in the final.^[1]

She was subsequently awarded a knighthood in the Légion d'honneur, the highest decoration in France, by French President Jacques Chirac.^[2]

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she competed in the women's 48 kg weightclass and finished tied for seventh place.^[3]

Medjeded lives in Bordeaux.

References

^ "Des souvenirs et des émotions" Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, Radio France, September 29, 2004
^ "Remise de décorations aux médaillés des Jeux paralympiques d'Athènes Palais de l'Elysée"^{[permanent dead link]}, website of the French presidency, October 25, 2004
^ "Judo - Women's -48 kg" (PDF). Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-29.

External links

Karima Medjeded at the International Paralympic Committee

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[Des_souvenirs_et_des_émotions-1] "Des souvenirs et des émotions" Archived 2006-05-15 at the Wayback Machine, Radio France, September 29, 2004

[2] "Remise de décorations aux médaillés des Jeux paralympiques d'Athènes Palais de l'Elysée"^{[permanent dead link]}, website of the French presidency, October 25, 2004

[3] "Judo - Women's -48 kg" (PDF). Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2008-09-29.

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