Laetitia Tignola ( French Laëtitia Tignola ; August 25, 1972 , Le Sables d'Olonne ) - French judoka of the featherweight category, played for the French team in the mid-1990s and early 2000s. Participant of the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, European champion, winner of many tournaments of national and international importance. Also known as judo trainer.
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| Citizenship |  France | ||||||||||
| Date of Birth | August 25, 1972 (aged 46) | ||||||||||
| Place of Birth | Les Sables d'Olonne , France | ||||||||||
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| Growth | 157 cm | ||||||||||
| Weight category | lightweight (up to 52 kg) | ||||||||||
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Biography
Laetitia Tignola was born on August 25, 1972 in the city of Les Sables d'Olonne of the Vendée department . She began to actively engage in judo at the age of six, following the example of her mother judo, was trained at the martial arts club in Maison Alfort .
She performed at the junior level in the period 1988-1990, repeatedly fell into the number of winners at various international junior tournaments. In 1993, she took second place in the standings of the featherweight category of the adult French national championship, got into the main team of the French national team and made her debut in the World Cup, in particular, she received silver at the home stage in Paris. A year later, she became the French judo champion, was awarded a bronze medal at the World Cup in Prague, won the international tournament in the Netherlands, won silver at the European Team Championship in The Hague.
In 1995, Tignola won the international “A” tournament in Budapest, became the third at the World Cup in Paris, took fifth place in the European Championship in Birmingham, England. The following season, she was among the winners at the World Cup in Moscow and Paris, and won the European Team Championship in St. Petersburg. A year later, she won bronze at the Osaka World Team Championship, won the European Team Championship in Rome, and became the bronze medalist of the World Cup in Warsaw.
The 2000 season turned out to be one of the most successful in the career of Letizia Tignola, at which time she won the World Cup in Rome, became the best in the individual featherweight at the European Championship in Wroclaw, Poland and thanks to a series of successful performances she was awarded the right to defend the country's honor on Sydney Summer Olympics . At the Games, however, she performed unsuccessfully, already at the stage of the 1/8 finals she was defeated by the Australian Rebecca Sullivan and thereby lost all chances of getting into the prizes.
After the Sydney Olympics, Tignola remained in the main part of the judo team of France and continued to take part in major international tournaments. So, in 2001, she went to represent the country at the European Championships in Paris, from where she brought the bronze dignity award. The last time showed any significant results in the international arena in the 2002 season, when she won the World Cup in Rotterdam and the European Team Championship in Maribor. In 2003, after an unsuccessful performance at the World Super Cup in Moscow, she decided to end the career of a professional athlete, giving way to young French judokas in the national team.
He currently works as a judo trainer in Bruno .
Links
- Laetitia Tignola - Olympic statistics at Sports-Reference.com
- Letizia Tignola - profile on judoinside.com