Séverine Nébié

Séverine Nébié (born 27 November 1982 in Burkina Faso) is a Burkinabé judoka who trains in France.[1] She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women -63kg event and lost in the second round.[2] She was also the flag bearer for Burkina Faso at the opening ceremony.[3] She also competes in ju-jitsu in which she won the world championship 2015 in Thailand.

Séverine Nébié
Personal information
Nationality Burkina Faso
Born (1982-11-27) 27 November 1982
Bandeo Napone, Burkina Faso
Height167 cm (5.48 ft)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Event(s)-63 kg
Cluborleans

After she won the silver medal at the women's 62 kg fighting during the World Games 2013 in Cali, competing for France, she even won the gold medal in the next edition in Wrocław in the -62 kg category.[4]

References

  1. "Séverine Nébié, forme olympique". Archived from the original on 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
  2. London 2012 profile
  3. Staff. "London 2012 Opening Ceremony – Flag Bearers" (PDF). Olympics. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  4. Staff. "Women's 62 kg fighting". World Games Cali. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Aïssata Soulama
Flagbearer for  Burkina Faso
2012 London
Succeeded by
Rachid Sidibé


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