Gwladys Épangue

Gwladys Patience Épangue (born 15 August 1983 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France) is a French taekwondo athlete. Representing France at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, she won the silver medal in the welterweight division, losing to Hwang Kyung-Seon from South Korea in the final. At the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing, she won a silver medal, losing to Hwang in the final again.

Gwladys Épangue

Gwladys Épangue in 2012
Medal record
Representing  France
Women's taekwondo
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing –67 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2009 CopenhagenWelterweight
Gold medal – first place2011 GyeongjuMiddleweight
Silver medal – second place2005 MadridWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2007 BeijingWelterweight
Silver medal – second place2015 ChelyabinskHeavyweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2002 Samsun–55kg
Gold medal – first place2004 Lillehammer–59kg
Gold medal – first place2005 Riga–67kg
Silver medal – second place2000 Patras–55kg
Silver medal – second place2006 Bonn–67kg
Silver medal – second place2008 Rome–67kg
Bronze medal – third place2010 Saint Petersburg–73kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Baku +67 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2009 Belgrade -72 kg
Bronze medal – third place2003 Daegu +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place2005 Izmir +67 kg

Épangue represented her country in the –67 kg class at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a bronze medal.

In 2009, Épangue won her first World Championship gold medal in welterweight at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In Round of 32, she edged out South Korean's favorite Park Hye-Mi, who demolished Icelandic champion Auður Jónsdóttir 22–1 in the first round, in overtime. In the semifinal match, Épangue beat European rival Sandra Šarić of Croatia, 2008 European Champion and 4-time World Championship medalist, 6–1.

Épangue withdrew from the 2012 Summer Olympics because of injury was replaced by her compatriot Anne-Caroline Graffe.[1]

References
  1. "Graffe se contentera de l'argent". Eurosport. Retrieved 19 August 2012.


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