Amandine Buchard


Amandine Buchard is a French judoka. She represented France at the 2020 Summer Olympics winning the silver medal in the Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's [52 kg|half lightweight] event and a gold medal in the mixed team event. She is a third dan black belt.
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Career

Buchard won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships in Chelyabinsk, Russia.
Buchard was junior world champion in 2014, having won the 2014 World Juniors Championships.
In 2019, Buchard won the silver medal in the women's 52 kg event at the 2019 Judo World Masters held in Qingdao, China. In 2021, she won the gold medal in her event at the 2021 Judo World Masters held in Doha, Qatar. At the 2021 Judo Grand Slam [Abu Dhabi] held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, she won the gold medal in her event.
Buchard won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris.
She won a bronze medal in the women's 52kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. She also won bronze in the same category in the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Buchard was born in Noisy-le-Sec to a father from Metropolitan France and a mother from the French overseas department of Martinique. She is openly lesbian.