Christophe Negrel
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| Full name | Christophe Negrel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
25 May 1977 Marseille, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 80 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | BCTR La Rose | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Philippe Pinerd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christophe Negrel (born May 25, 1977 in Marseille) is a French taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's welterweight category.[1] He picked up a total of eight medals in his career, including three from the European Championships and a silver in the 70-kg division from the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, and attained a top eight finish at the 2004 Summer Olympics, representing his nation France. Throughout his sporting career, Negrel trained full-time for La Rose Boxing and Taekwondo Club in his native Marseilles, and also became a full-fledged member of the French taekwondo squad since 1996, under head coach and master Philippe Pinard.[2][3]
Negrel started his sporting career by picking up a bronze medal at the 1994 European Junior Championships in Bucharest, Romania. Three years later, he made his official debut in the senior division and eventually claimed a silver in the 70-kg class at the 1997 World Taekwondo Championships in Hong Kong, losing the final to Egypt's Tamer Hussein. In 2003, Negrel reached the pinnacle of his sporting career, as he secured a gold medal victory over Iran's Yousef Karami and a spot on the French Olympic squad in the 80-kg class at the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Paris.[4]
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Negrel qualified for the French squad in the men's welterweight class (80 kg), by topping the field of fighters and granting a berth from the World Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Paris.[4][5][6] As the top seeder of the prelim draw, Negrel opened his match with a powerful 13–10 victory over Dutch taekwondo jin Patrick Stevens before he fell in a stunning 17–24 defeat to Azerbaijan's Rashad Ahmadov in the quarterfinals.[7][8]
References
- ↑ "Christophe Negrel". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
- ↑ Rivier, Laurent (26 August 2004). "Taekwondo: Christophe Négrel sans poings d'exclamation" [Taekwondo: Christophe Négrel has no feelings on his fists] (in French). Le Télégramme. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Les Français à Athènes" [The French in Athens] (in French). Eurosport. 9 August 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Se battre pour Athènes" [Fighting for Athens] (in French). Sport365.fr. 3 December 2003. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Men's Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Pascal Gentil, le calme avant la tempête" [Pascal Gentil, the calm before the storm] (in French). La Dépêche du Midi. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "Taekwondo – Men's Welterweight (80kg/176lbs) Quarterfinals". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ↑ "−80 kg: déception pour Négrel" [−80 kg: Loss for Negrel] (in French). Sports.fr. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 28 December 2014.