French male judoka

Axel Clerget (born 28 February 1987) is a French judoka. He is the 2017 European silver medalist in the ‍–‍90 kg division.

Patrick Vial (born 24 December 1946 in Paris) is a French judoka and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.

Michel Nowak (born 30 June 1962) is a French judoka and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Christophe Gagliano (born 22 May 1967 in Paris) is a French judoka.

Bertrand Damaisin (born 27 October 1968 in Lyon, Rhône) is a retired judoka from France. He claimed a bronze medal in the Men's Light-Middleweight (‍–‍78 kg) division at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. In the bronze medal match he defeated Sweden's Lars Adolfsson.

Jean-Claude Brondani (born 2 February 1944) is a French former judoka who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Cyrille Maret (born 11 August 1987) is a French judoka.He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, in the men's 100 kg.

Frédéric Demontfaucon (born 24 December 1973) is a French judoka. He won a bronze Metal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Followed by winning the 2001 world Championships. He moved up from The -90kg division to the -100kg division around 2007.

Henri Guédon (born May 22, 1944, in Fort de France in Martinique - died on February 12, 2006, in Paris, France after heart surgery) was a French percussionist from Martinique. His first band was called La Contesta and he organised it when he was 20. He was awarded a Maracas d'or the first year the awards ran. In 1983, Philippe Langlais invited him to compose a mix of classical and jazz with his orchestra, the resulting composition called Opéra Triangulaire. He was a judo champion 1963-65. Multiple albums fused Antillean rhythms with other music from around the world. Guedon was instrumental in exporting the new sound of 60s and 70s Latin -guaguanco, boogaloo, salsa, descarga - to France and the rest of Europe. When Guedon began placing his percussion instruments at the front of the stage in the style of his great influence Ray Barretto, French audience members found themselves shocked and intrigued. Soon enough, greats like El Conde and Pacheco were touring France. Were it not for Henri Guedon, Europe could have conceivably taken years to move forward from mambo and cha-cha-cha.