Yves-Matthieu Dafreville (born 17 March 1982 in Saint-Pierre, Réunion) is a French judoka, who played for the middleweight category.[1] He is also a member of the Levallois Sporting Club in Levallois-Perret, France, and is coached and trained by Patrick Rosso and Stéphane Fremont.
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| Born | 17 March 1982 Saint-Pierre, Réunion | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –90 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Levallois SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Patrick Rosso Stéphane Fremont | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games | 5th (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 9th (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | 7th (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 4013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 17770 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 28 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dafreville represented France at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where he competed for the men's middleweight class (90 kg). He defeated Cuba's Asley González, Italy's Roberto Meloni, and Brazil's Eduardo Santos in the preliminaries, before losing out the semi-final match, with an ippon and a kata guruma (shoulder wheel), to Algeria's Amar Benikhlef.[2] Because Benikhlef advanced further into the final match against Georgia's Irakli Tsirekidze, Dafreville automatically qualified for the bronze medal game, where he narrowly lost the medal to Egypt's Hesham Mesbah, who successfully scored an ippon and a Te Guruma (variation of Sukui Nage), at one minute and twenty-nine seconds.[3]
Achievements
edit| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
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| 2008 | European Championships | 7th | Middleweight (90 kg) |
References
edit- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at JudoInside.com
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Yves-Matthieu Dafreville". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Final of Table B". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
- ^ "Men's Middleweight (90kg/198 lbs) Bronze Medal Contest A". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 26 December 2012.
External links
edit- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at the International Judo Federation
- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at JudoInside.com
- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at Olympics.com
- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at Olympedia
- Yves-Matthieu Dafreville at The-Sports.org
- Profile – French Olympic Committee (in French)
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile at the Wayback Machine (archived 26 August 2012)
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