François Coulombe-Fortier

Francois Coulombe - Fortier (* November 15, 1985 in Quebec ) is a Canadian Taekwondo, which starts at heavyweight.

Coulombe - Fortier starts for the club Club Taekwondo Sainte -Foy, he is trained by Alain Bernier. His first international title fights he competed at the 2003 World Championships in Garmisch -Partenkirchen, where up to 78 kg, he reached the round of sixteen in the class. His first medal he won in the next year with the bronze medal at the Pan Championships in Santo Domingo. In the following years further international success came from initially. Only with the title in the class up to 87 kg at the Pan Championships 2010 in Monterrey he could again draw attention to themselves. Coulombe - Fortier won at the Pan American Games 2011 in Guadalajara in the class over 80 kg bronze medal. When American Olympic Qualification Tournament 2011 in Santiago de Querétaro, he reached in the same weight class the final against Robelis Despaigne and qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Coulombe - Fortier studied mechanical engineering at Laval University.