Amandine Buchard

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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
Weight class‍–‍52 kg, ‍–‍57 kg
Rank     3rd dan black belt[1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games2nd place, silver medalist(s) (2020)
World Champ.Bronze (2014, 2018, 2022,
Bronze( 2023, 2024)
European Champ.Gold (2021, 2023)
Highest world ranking1st[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. 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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