Marlène Harnois

Marlène Harnois ( born October 22, 1986 in Montreal ) is a former Canadian and French Taekwondo today. It starts in the weight class up to 57 kg. She is a Knight of the French National Order of Merit.

Harnois launched until 2007 for her home country of Canada and won up to that point at junior level each a medal at World Championships and Pan. At 18, she moved to France to train there under professional conditions. At the 2008 European Championships in Rome, she started for the first time for France and immediately became European champion. Each won the bronze medal at the European Championships Harnois 2010 in Saint Petersburg and the 2011 World Championships in Gyeongju, in the semifinals she left against Nur Tatar and Jade Jones. Your second European title they finally won at the European Championships 2012 in Manchester after they beat in the semi-finals and the finals Joyce van Baaren Marina Sumić.

Harnois won in January 2012 at the European Olympic qualifying tournament in Kazan, the decisive battle for third place against Deborah Louz and secured a place in the 2012 Olympics in London. There she made ​​it to the semifinals, where she defeated the world champion Hou Yuzhuo with 3 to 8. Then they went to the battle for the bronze medal against the Japanese Mayu Hamada and won it with 12 to 8 points.