Althéa Laurin
Althéa Laurin (born 1 September 2001) is a French taekwondo athlete. She won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the 2023 World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku, Azerbaijan. She is the 2021 bronze medallist in the women +67 kg at the Tokyo Olympic Games and is also decorated Knight of the National Order of Merit. She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Taekwondo Championships held in Manchester, United Kingdom. Career She won the European Taekwondo Junior Championships in Larnaca and the Women's Light Heavyweight -68 kg at the 2018 Junior World Championship in Hammamet. She made her Olympic debut representing France at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She was selected for the Taekwondo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg where she defeated Briseida Acosta in the opening round and Zheng Shuyin in the second round. She overcame Aminata Traoré in the repechage to secure a bronze Olympic medal. She won one of the bronze medals in the women's +67 kg event at the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria. In 2023, she won the gold medal in the women's middleweight event at the World Taekwondo Championships held in Baku,