David Douillet

David Douillet ( born February 17, 1969 in Rouen, France ) is a retired French judoka and politician today.

He achieved his first major success by winning the bronze medal in the heavyweight division at the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992., He was in Hamilton, Canada, the first French world champion in the heavyweight division in 1993. This track he was in 1995 in Chiba, Japan, defend. 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, he was finally Olympic champion in the heavyweight judo. Despite a motorcycle accident in late 1996 he was able in 1997 to defend his world title in Bercy, France, and in 2000 again in Sydney Olympic champion. In 1995 and 2000 he was appointed by the sports newspaper L' Équipe France's Sportsman of the Year ( " champion of champions" ) selected.

The couple Chirac related parties, he turned out to be the inspiration for the initiated by Bernadette Chirac action Pièces jaunes ( yellow coins ) are available. In July 2011 he was appointed Secretary of State for French expatriates. From 26 September 2011 to 15 May, he was Minister for Sport in the cabinet of Prime Minister François Fillon.

Video

  • All videos with David Douillet
Weight class (boxing) Hamilton (Ontario) Chiba, Chiba Xavier Bertrand Luc Chatel Brice Hortefeux Chantal Jouanno Christine Lagarde Bruno Le Maire Maurice Leroy Michel Mercier Laurent Wauquiez Wim Ruska Angelo Parisi Teddy Riner List of Olympic medalists in judo
220942
de