Annabelle Laprovidence

Annabelle Laprovidence (born 31 August 1992) is a Mauritian judoka, who has competed for her country internationally. She won a bronze medal in the women's +75 kg class at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland.

Annabelle Laprovidence
Personal information
National teamMauritius
Born (1992-08-31) August 31, 1992
Sport
CountryMauritius
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Mauritius
African Judo Championships
2012 Agadir+75 kg
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow+75 kg
Updated on November 10, 2017.

Career

Annabelle Laprovidence was born on 31 August 1992, and began competing internationally for Mauritius in 2011 when she took part in the African Under-20 Championships in Antananarivo, Madagascar.[1] She won bronze in her class at Agadir, Morocco in the 2012 African Judo Championships. Laprovidence also competed at those championships in subsequent years, but failed to win any further medals.[1]

She competed for Mauritius at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. She defeated Canada's Sophie Vaillancourt in the quarter finals of the women's judo +75 kg weight class, but lost to Jodie Myers of England in the semi final. In one of the two bronze medal matches, Laprovidence defeated Sachini Wewita Widanalage of Sri Lanka to win a medal.[2] In a competition between the Judoka of Mauritius and Reunion Island the following year, Laprovidence was the only winner for her country.[3] She was one of two medallists for her nation, and was rewarded with 15,000 Mauritian rupees by the Lord Mayor of Port Louis, Dorine Chuckowry.[4]

Personal life

Laprovidence has a son.[3]

References
  1. "ANNABELLE LAPROVIDENCE JUDOKA". Judo Inside. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  2. "Judo: Women's +78kg results". BBC Sport. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  3. "Judo - Annabelle Laprovidence sauve l'honneur pour Maurice". L'Express (in French). 5 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  4. "Jeux du Commonwealth : Kennedy St pierre et Annabelle Laprovidence récompensés par la mairie de port louis". Top FM (in French). 14 August 2014. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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