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thumbnail Marlene Olivia Harnois (born 22 October 1986 in Montreal) is a Canadian-born French taekwondo Olympic medalist and philanthropist. In addition she is European champion, World University champion, World Taekwondo Championships medalist and Knight if the Order of Merit.〔http://www.taekwondodata.com/marlene-harnois.a6vq.html〕 Harnois was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She became a Canadian Junior National champion at the age of 11. Two years later, she won Bronze at the World Junior Taekwondo Championships. Invited by the French Taekwondo Federation, she moved to France in 2001 to train for a period of one year, returning to Canada afterwards where she gave up the sport for almost four years. She returned to France in 2006 to resume her taekwondo career, becoming a French citizen in April 2008 and winning the European Championships a few days later. She won a Gold medal at both the European Championships in 2008 and 2012 and a Bronze medal at the European Championships in 2010. She won a Bronze medal at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships in Women's featherweight. In 2011, she won the Universiades Games in Shenzen by beating the World Champion, Yuzhuo Hou, from China at home in the final match. During that season, she also won the US Open, Russia Open and Israel Open. At her first Olympics (the 2012 Summer Olympics) in London, she won a Bronze medal in the −57 kg category by beating Japan's Mayu Hamada in finals. ==Honours== On 1 March 2013, she received the distinction of Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite by the President of France, Mr François Hollande at the Élysée Palace.〔http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do;jsessionid=ACDBAB1E59D8615BEF5A8EEE335461DA.tpdjo09v_2?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000026871340&dateTexte=&oldAction=rechJO&categorieLien=id〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marlène Harnois」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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