Anne-Caroline Graffe

Anne-Caroline Graffe (born 12 February 1986 in Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia) is a French taekwondo athlete.[1]

Anne-Caroline Graffe
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1986-02-12) 12 February 1986
Papeete, Tahiti in French Polynesia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in) /5'9"
Sport
Country France
SportTaekwondo
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
2012 London+67 kg
World Championships
2011 GyeongjuHeavyweight
2013 PueblaHeavyweight
European Championships
2012 ManchesterHeavyweight
2010 St. PetersburgHeavyweight
2008 RomeHeavyweight
Universiade
2011 Shenzhen-73kg
Representing  Tahiti
Pacific Games
2011 Nouméa+73kg
2011 NouméaTeam

Graffe took up taekwondo when she was 11 years old. She left Tahiti for metropolitan France when she was 18 years old.[2]

She won the women's heavyweight title at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships, held in Gyeongju, South Korea, defeating South Korean An Sae-Bom 1–0 in the final.[3]

She won the gold medal at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships.

Graffe, who had been training under Myriam Baverel at the Institut national du sport, de l'expertise et de la performance (INSEP) for five years, had only been entered for the competition a month before the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics following the withdrawal due to injury of Gwladys Épangue. She was the first Polynesian to represent France at the Olympic Games. In her first Olympic competition, she was seeded number one. She cruised through the early rounds to reach the final, where she met Serbia's Milica Mandić. After a tight opening two rounds, Mandić opened up in the third and picked off Graffe with rapid kicks to the body and ran out a 9-7 winner.[4]

References
  1. London Olympics 2012 Anne-Caroline Graffe
  2. "Graffe se contentera de l'argent". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
  3. Profile at taekowndodata.com
  4. "Taekwondo: Serbia's Mandic wins women's heavyweight gold". Reuters. Retrieved 19 August 2012.


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