Christianne Legentil Explained

Country:Mauritius
Weight Class:48 kg, 52 kg, 57 kg
Worlds Rank:R32
Worlds Year:2013
Worlds Weight:Women's 52 kg
Worlds Year2:2014
Worlds Weight2:Women's 52 kg
Worlds Year3:2022
Worlds Weight3:Women's 57 kg
Regionals Type:AF
Regionals Rank:2
Regionals Year:2014
Regionals Year2:2015
Regionals Year3:2017
Regionals Year4:2022
Olympics Rank:7
Olympics Year:2012
Olympics Weight:Women's 52 kg
Olympics Year2:2016
Olympics Weight2:Women's 52 kg
Commonwealth Rank:3
Commonwealth Year:2022
Commonwealth Weight:Women's 57 kg
Updated:9 October 2022

Marie Christianne Legentil (born 27 May 1992, in Port Mathurin) is a Mauritian judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she won against later double world champion Majlinda Kelmendi and was defeated in the quarter finals.[2] In 2014 and 2015 she was runner up at the African Championships. In 2014, she was winner of the African Open Port Louis 2014 –52 kg. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she again met Majlinda Kelmendi but this time she lost to the eventual gold medalist in the quarter finals.

In 2019, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 World Judo Championships held in Tokyo, Japan.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Christianne Legentil. London2012.com. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. 13 September 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120912140513/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/legentil-christianne-1121199/. 12 September 2012.
  2. Christianne Legentil . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203124132/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/christianne-legentil-1.html . 2016-12-03.
  3. Web site: Women's 52 kg. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201205134420/http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_sen2019/tta.php?tta_mode=&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=-52. 5 December 2020. 5 December 2020. 2019 World Judo Championships.