Karima Medjeded Explained

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.

Notes and References

1. http://www.radiofrance.fr/thematiques/sport/accueil/articles.php?id=25000848&nid=15000029 "Des souvenirs et des émotions"
2. http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais_archives/actualites/a_l_elysee/2004/octobre/listes_des_athletes_decores_par_le_president_de_la_republique.23049.html "Remise de décorations aux médaillés des Jeux paralympiques d'Athènes Palais de l'Elysée"
3. Web site: Judo - Women's -48 kg . 2008 . . 2008-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080907011906/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/JU/C75/JUW048000.pdf . 2008-09-07 . dead .