Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard

Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard (born 26 June 1994) is a Canadian judoka who competes in the women's 63 kg category.[2] Beauchemin-Pinard won a bronze medal in the 63 kg weight class at the 2020 Summer Olympics, making her the second Canadian woman to win a medal in judo at the Summer Olympics.[3][4] She has been ranked in the top 10 of the world in her weight category.[5][6][7][8]

Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard
Personal information
Born (1994-06-26) 26 June 1994
Montreal, Quebec,[1] Canada
OccupationJudoka
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Sport
CountryCanada
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍63 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games (2020)
World Champ. (2022)
Pan American Champ. (2019, 2020)
Commonwealth Games (2022)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo ‍–‍63 kg
World Championships
2022 Tashkent ‍–‍63 kg
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto ‍–‍57 kg
Pan American Championships
2019 Lima ‍–‍63 kg
2020 Guadalajara ‍–‍63 kg
2016 Havana ‍–‍57 kg
2017 Panama City ‍–‍57 kg
2018 San José ‍–‍63 kg
2022 Lima ‍–‍63 kg
2015 Edmonton ‍–‍57 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2014 Tyumen ‍–‍57 kg
2021 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg
2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍63 kg
2023 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍63 kg
2024 Tbilisi ‍–‍63 kg
2024 Baku ‍–‍63 kg
2015 Tyumen ‍–‍57 kg
2019 Ekaterinburg ‍–‍63 kg
2021 Antalya ‍–‍63 kg
2023 Antalya ‍–‍63 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2014 Ulaanbaatar ‍–‍57 kg
2022 Zagreb ‍–‍63 kg
2018 Cancún ‍–‍63 kg
2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍63 kg
2013 Rijeka ‍–‍57 kg
2017 Tashkent ‍–‍63 kg
2018 Hohhot ‍–‍63 kg
2018 Zagreb ‍–‍63 kg
2019 Montreal ‍–‍63 kg
World Juniors Championships
2013 Ljubljana ‍–‍57 kg
2014 Fort Lauderdale ‍–‍57 kg
Commonwealth Games
2022 Birmingham ‍–‍63 kg
Profile at external databases
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Updated on 23 March 2024

Career

In June 2016, she was named to Canada's Olympic team.[9]

In 2021, she won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2021 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.[10]

Beauchemin-Pinard competed as part of Canada's 2020 Olympic team in Tokyo.[11] She won all her matches in the under-63 kg class before losing to world champion and eventual Olympic champion Clarisse Agbegnenou in the semifinals. Beauchemin-Pinard then won the bronze medal defeating Anriquelis Barrios by waza-ari in extra time.[3][12] After her victory she said that,

"I remember going to Rio in 2016 and leaving so disappointed with my performance. I said to myself, I want to go to Tokyo, win a medal and perform there. And I did it."[3]

She won a gold medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Women's 63 kg.[13]

She won a silver medal at the 2022 World Judo Championships.[14]

See also

References
  1. "Canadian Olympic Committee profile". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  3. Jamie Strashin (27 July 2021). "Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard captures Olympic bronze in judo". CBC Sports.
  4. "Judo Results Book" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard". Official Canadian Olympic Team Website.
  6. "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard, Judoka". judoinside.com.
  7. "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Places Fifth in Rabat, Morocco". fightnetwork.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  8. "Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard Archives". Judo Central. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015.
  9. Hossain, Asif (28 June 2016). "Valois-Fortier headlines eight judokas nominated to Olympic team for Rio 2016". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  10. Shefferd, Neil (2 April 2021). "Albayrak gives host nation Turkey their first gold at IJF Antalya Grand Slam". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  11. Awad, Brandi (30 June 2021). "Six Canadians set for judo's Olympic return to its birthplace". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  12. "Beauchemin-Pinard wins bronze in 63kg judo". TSN. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  13. "Beauchemin-Pinard defeats Howell in Commonwealth final U63kg". www.judoinside.com. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  14. "Canada's Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard earns world judo silver". CTVNews. 9 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.


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