Benjamin René Pierre Darbelet (born 13 November 1980 in Dijon) is a French judoka. He earned a silver medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the ‍–‍66 kg category.[1] Darbelet has recently been competing in the ‍–‍73 kg weight category. Some of Darbelet's favourite techniques include te guruma, ouchi gari, harai goshi, osoto gari and uchi mata.

Benjamin Darbelet
Personal information
Full nameBenjamin René Pierre Darbelet
Born (1980-11-13) 13 November 1980 (age 43)
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryFrance
SportJudo
Weight class–66 kg, –73 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesSilver (2008)
World Champ.R16 (2011)
European Champ.Gold (2003)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing ‍–‍66 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Düsseldorf ‍–‍66 kg
Silver medal – second place 2006 Tampere ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Bucharest ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Rotterdam ‍–‍66 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Belgrade ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2010 Moscow ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2009 Paris ‍–‍66 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Qingdao ‍–‍73 kg
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1999 Rome ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF2307
JudoInside.com6675
Updated on 28 May 2023.

References edit

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Benjamin Darbelet". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.

External links edit

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