Althéa Laurin

Althéa Laurin (born 1 September 2001) is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Althéa Laurin

Althéa Laurin with the silver medal won at the 2019 European Championships for Olympic Weight Categories
Medal record
Representing  France
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo+67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Baku 73 kg
Grand Prix
Silver medal – second place 2022 Paris +67kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Manchester +67kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2023 Kraków-Małopolska73 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Manchester 73 kg
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tarragona 67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Oran +67 kg

She is the 2021 bronze medallist in the women +67 kg at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is also decorated Knight of the National Order of Merit.

She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom.[1]

Career

She won the European Taekwondo Junior Championships in Larnaca and the Women's Light Heavyweight -68 kg at the 2018 Junior World Championship in Hammamet.[2] She made her Olympic debut representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

She was selected for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg where she defeated Briseida Acosta in the opening round and Zheng Shuyin in the second round. She overcame Aminata Traoré in the repechage to secure a bronze Olympic medal.[4]

She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria.[5] In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6] She defeated Rebecca McGowan of Great Britain in her gold medal match.[6][7]

References
  1. Brennan, Eliott (20 May 2022). "Olympic medallist Laurin and Ravet claim gold medals for France at European Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  2. "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  3. "Taekwondo - LAURIN Althea". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  4. "Taekwondo - Women +67kg Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  5. "Taekwondo Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Mediterranean Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  6. Burke, Patrick (30 May 2023). "French double up and two neutrals medal at World Taekwondo Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  7. "World Taekwondo Championships: Britain's Rebecca McGowan misses out on first world title". BBC Sport. 30 May 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2023.


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