Born on April 2, 1979 in Harfleur, Frédéric Lecanu is the French and Jigoro Kano version of The Voice. Commentator, host and, above all, director of words, the Frenchman has been crisscrossing France since 2013 for the French team and a lofty idea of judo. Born at the exact intersection of the yokes of David […]
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Né le 20 mai 1989 à Paris XIIIe, ce journaliste du quotidien Le Populaire du Centre vit à Limoges depuis ses cinq ans. Respecté pour sa couverture à hauteur d’âmes du sport local, il a la particularité de mettre en lumière avec constance deux angles morts du judo français : la province et le handicap.
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Born on May 20 1989, in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, this journalist with the daily Le Populaire du Centre has lived in Limoges since he was five. Respected for his soul-level coverage of local sport, he has the particularity of consistently highlighting two blind spots in French judo: provinces and disability. With the hindsight
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He’s this kind of shadow coming back from ages that most of the 20-years old people have even never heard about… We’ve met the last king of the U95kg category in his homeland of Poland. The interview was almost a week long, which was the appropriate time needed to try to talk about such a
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A family trip back to Slovenia, to the legendary Marjan Fabjan’s Judo Klub Z’Dezele Sankaku in Celje. – JudoAKD#004. A French version of this article is available here. Nine years have passed. Nine years since this April 2015 report, made just one week after returning from a trip to Scotland. Lost luggage
Retour en famille en Slovénie, sur les terres du Judo Klub Z’Dezele Sankaku de Celje du légendaire Marjan Fabjan. – JudoAKD#004. Une version en anglais de cet article est en ligne ici. Neuf ans ont passé. Neuf ans depuis ce reportage d’avril 2015, effectué une semaine à peine après être revenu d’une virée
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Born on January 7 1978, in Lyon, “Lolo” has been a pillar of the Dojo Olympic for two decades, a club in the third district of the capital of the Roman Gaul which, in 2023, has reached its personal Graal: a seventh place in the French senior team championships. The culmination of a long journey
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Née le 7 janvier 1978 à Lyon, Laure-Cathy « Lolo » Valente est depuis deux décennies le pilier du Dojo Olympic, ce club du troisième arrondissement de la capitale des Gaules qui, en 2023, a atteint son Graal personnel : une septième place aux championnats de France par équipes séniors. L’aboutissement d’un long chemin de
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Born on April 14 1986, in the island of La Réunion, World University champion, European U23 runner-up and Lucie Décosse’s replacement at the Beijing Olympics, the U63kg was one of the many comets of French judo. For three years, which spanned from the Rotterdam World Championships in 2009 to the London Olympics in 2012, I
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