Gwladys Épangue

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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 place 2009 Copenhagen Welterweight
Gold medal – first place 2011 Gyeongju Middleweight
Silver medal – second place 2005 Madrid Welterweight
Silver medal – second place 2007 Beijing Welterweight
Silver medal – second place 2015 Chelyabinsk Heavyweight
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Samsun –55kg
Gold medal – first place 2004 Lillehammer –59kg
Gold medal – first place
2005 Riga
–67kg
Silver medal – second place 2000 Patras –55kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Bonn –67kg
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rome –67kg
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Saint Petersburg –73kg
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku +67 kg
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade -72 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Daegu +67 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Izmir +67 kg

Gwladys Patience Épangue (born 15 August 1983 in

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.

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

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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