Althéa Laurin
Althéa Laurin (born 1 September 2001) is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She is the 2021 bronze medallist in the women +67 kg at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is also decorated Knight of the National Order of Merit. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. Career She won the European Taekwondo Junior Championships in Larnaca and the Women's Light Heavyweight -68 kg at the 2018 Junior World Championship in Hammamet. She made her Olympic debut representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was selected for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg where she defeated Briseida Acosta in the opening round and Zheng Shuyin in the second round. She overcame Aminata Traoré in the repechage to secure a bronze Olympic medal. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She defeated Rebecca McGowan of Great Britain in her gold medal match. References External links 2001 births Living people Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics French female taekwondo practitioners Olympic taekwondo practitioners for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in taekwondo Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games European Taekwondo Championships medalists 21st-century French women World Taekwondo Championships medalists European Games bronze medalists for France Taekwondo practitioners at the 2023 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo