Antoine Valois-Fortier
Antoan Valoa-Fortiye (spelling)
13.03.1990
Obsah
Bio
He was born in Vanier what is suburb of city Québec.
He is from judo family.
He lives and train in Montreal.
One of his trainer is Nicolas Gill.
Career and Style
Valois-Fortier is specific half-middleweighter. He is very tall for this category. This mean that he is not powerful judoka. He has very good ashi-waza and sutemiwaza. He has excelent moves and that's why is hard to catch (grip) him. This is his big advantage.
In 2012 London Olympic Games he upset almost everybody only Nifontov found the way how to get closer to him and catch him. All his opponents were favourit for medal and in repechage he showed more will than other defeated. By winning bronze medal he became the most unexpected medal holder of the tournament.
Resuts
Olympic Games
| Year | Age | Category | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Repechage | Bronze Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 29.0 | Half-Middleweight | W Elnur Məmmədli |
W Euan Burton |
W Srđan Mrvaljević |
L Ivan Nifontov |
- | W Emmanuel Lucenti |
W Travis Stevens
|
World Championships
| Year | Age | Category | 1/128 | 1/64 | 1/32 | 1/16 | Quarter-Finals | Semi-Finals | Final Match | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21.5 | Half-Middleweight | W Michel Mbassa |
L Ole Bischof |
- | - | - | - | - |
Results - Junior years (till 2009)<ref group="notes">A - attend; x - could not start already (age limit); - - no champ. that year; DNS - did not start</ref>
| Tournament | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| WJC20 | A | DNS |
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