Antoine Valois-Fortier

Antoine Valois-Fortier

Valois-Fortier at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Antonio, Tony
Born	(1990-03-13) 13 March 1990 (age 27) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Residence	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb) (2012)
Sport
Sport	Judo
Club	Shidokan
Coached by	Nicolas Gill Marie-Helene Chisholm Sergio Pessoa Sr.
Medal record Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2012 London –81 kg World Championships 2014 Chelyabinsk –81 kg 2015 Astana –81 kg Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara –81 kg Pan American Championships 2016 Havana –81 kg 2012 Montreal –81 kg 2013 San José –81 kg 2014 Guayaquil –81 kg 2011 Guadalajara –81 kg 2015 Edmonton –81 kg Representing  Quebec Francophone Games 2013 Nice –81 kg

Antoine Valois-Fortier (born 13 March 1990) is a Canadian judoka who won the bronze medal in the −81 kg category at the 2012 Olympics, becoming the first Canadian to win a medal in Olympic judo in twelve years and the fifth to win one in Canadian history.

Valois-Fortier entered the 2012 Olympics ranked 21st in the world in his weight class. He pulled off several upset victories, including a win over Olympic gold medalist Elnur Mammadli, to make the quarterfinals. He lost to Ivan Nifontov of Russia, but made the repechage and defeated Emmanuel Lucenti of Argentina to enter the bronze medal match against Travis Stevens, which he then won. Valois-Fortier's win is Canada's first Olympic medal in Judo since 2000, which was a silver won by his coach Nicolas Gill, and only the fifth won by a Canadian in Olympic history.

At the 2016 Olympics he won his first two bouts, but then lost the third bout to the eventual gold medalist Khasan Khalmurzaev and the repechage match to a bronze medalist Takanori Nagase.