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David Douillet
David Donald Hubert Roger Douillet (; born 17 February 1969) is a retired French judoka and politician.
Douillet was born in the city of Rouen. Standing at and weighing , he won the judo heavyweight gold medals in the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games in Atlanta and Sydney. He also gained four world titles and a European crown. These achievements make him one of the most decorated judoka in history. The size of David Douillet (1 m 96 and more than 120 kg in his period of competition
to carry out this exploit after Yasuhiro Yamashita in 1981 and Naoya Ogawa in 1989. Carrying out this exploit in Japan, and equalling the performances of two native stars, made David Douillet an instant icon in Japan.
Sporting career Dedication.
Sporting career Dedication Olympic title.
Logically selected for the 1996 Summer Olympics, organized in Atlanta, he was the favourite thanks to the three world titles obtained since his first Olympic participation in 1992. Douillet passed the first matches without difficulties by eliminating the Belgian Van Barneveld, the Luxembourger Müller,