Amandine Buchard

Amandine Buchard
Buchard on August 8, 2021 at Palais de Chaillot
Personal information
Born (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995
Noisy-le-Sec, France
OccupationJudoka
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Sport
Country France
SportJudo
‍–‍52 kg, ‍–‍57 kg
     3rd dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2020)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) (2014, 2018, 2022,
2023, 2024)
1st place, gold medalist(s) (2021, 2023)
Highest world ranking
1st[2]
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoMixed team
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisMixed team
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris‍–‍52 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 TashkentMixed team
Bronze medal – third place2014 Chelyabinsk‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Baku‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2022 Tashkent‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Doha‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Abu Dhabi‍–‍52 kg
European Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Minsk‍–‍52 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Lisbon‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Montpellier‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2014 Montpellier‍–‍48 kg
Silver medal – second place2022 Sofia‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Tbilisi‍–‍52 kg
World Masters
Gold medal – first place2021 Doha‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Budapest‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Saint Petersburg‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Guangzhou‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Qingdao‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place2019 Baku‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Osaka‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2020 Budapest‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2021 Abu Dhabi‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Paris‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Antalya‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 Tashkent‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Tbilisi‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Dushanbe‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Paris‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2020 Düsseldorf‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Ulaanbaatar‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2014 Paris‍–‍48 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Ekaterinburg‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2017 Tokyo‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2018 Osaka‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2023 Paris‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2026 Paris‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2013 Abu Dhabi‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place2014 Jeju‍–‍48 kg
Gold medal – first place2017 Tbilisi‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2018 Tbilisi‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Marrakesh‍–‍52 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Guadalajara‍–‍57 kg
Silver medal – second place2017 Düsseldorf‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Zagreb‍–‍52 kg
Silver medal – second place2025 Lima‍–‍57 kg
World Juniors Championships
Gold medal – first place2014 Fort Lauderdale‍–‍52 kg
Bronze medal – third place2013 Ljubljana‍–‍48 kg
World Cadets Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Kyiv‍–‍48 kg
European Cadet Championships
Silver medal – second place2011 Cottonera‍–‍48 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF7539
JudoInside.com67320
Updated on 16 April 2026

Amandine Buchard (born 12 July 1995) is a French judoka.[3][4] She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics[5] winning the silver medal in the half lightweight event and a gold medal in the mixed team event.[6] She is a third dan black belt.[1]

Career

Buchard won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia.[7]

Buchard was junior world champion in 2014, having won the 2014 World Juniors Championships.[8][9]

In 2019, Buchard won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China.[10] In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar.[11][12] At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Abu Dhabi held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.[13]

Buchard won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris.[14]

She won a bronze medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[15][16] She also won bronze in the same category in the 2024 Summer Olympics. [17]

Personal life

Buchard was born in Noisy-le-Sec to a father from Metropolitan France and a mother from the French overseas department of Martinique. She is openly lesbian.[18][19]

References

  1. 1 2 Knaup, Markus (21 February 2021). "Amandine Buchard". European Judo Union. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "World Ranking List, Women –52 kg". International Judo Federation. 5 May 2025. Archived from the original on 5 May 2025. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "Amandine Buchard". judoinside.com. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  4. ↑ "Amandine BUCHARD / IJF.org". www.ijf.org.
  5. ↑ "Shirine Boukli announced in the French Olympic team". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "Judo BUCHARD Amandine". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "JudoInside - Amandine Buchard Judoka". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "2014 World Junior Championship Fort Lauderdale". JudoInside.com. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "2014 World Junior Championship Fort Lauderdale — Results -52". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  10. ↑ "2019 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  11. ↑ "2021 Judo World Masters". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  12. ↑ Gillen, Nancy (11 January 2021). "Olympic silver medallist An wins under-66kg contest at IJF World Judo Masters". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on 11 January 2021. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  13. ↑ Houston, Michael (26 November 2021). "Olympic medallist Monteiro among winners on day one of IJF Abu Dhabi Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  14. ↑ Lloyd, Owen (5 February 2022). "Japan claims four gold medals on Judo Paris Grand Slam opening day". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Judo - World Championships - 2024 — Results Women — Women's Half Lightweight 52 kg - 19 May 2024". The-Sports.org. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  16. ↑ Khalatyan, Rafael (20 May 2024). "2024 Judo World Championships Day 1: Gold and silver for Italy". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  17. ↑ NBC Sports (28 July 2024). Amandine Buchard wins bronze in women's judo for host country France | Paris Olympics | NBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2024 – via YouTube.
  18. ↑ Buzinski, Jim (21 June 2021). "6 French athletes, including 3 Olympians, come out for Pride". Outsports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  19. ↑ "Amandine Buchard: The Olympic medalist judokate threatened with death: she files a complaint". The News 24. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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