Canadian Antoine Valois-Fortier has won a bronze medal in the men’s under-81 kilogram judo event.
The Quebec City native defeated American Travis Stevens 1-0 to win Canada’s third bronze medal.
This is Canada’s first medal in judo since Nicholas Gill won silver in 2000.
Valois-Fortier was 4-and-1 in his early matches.
He came from behind to enter the bronze medal match. He defeated Elnur Mammadli of Azerbaijan, Euan Burton of Britain, Srdjan Mrvaljevic of Montenegro, lost to Russia’s Ivan Nifontov, then beat Emmanuel Lucenti of Argentina in the repechage to reach the bronze medal match.
Valois-Fortier’s most recent win came May 20 at the Orenburg European Cup where he won a gold medal.
Valois-Fortier also won bronze at the Pan American Games in Mexico last year.
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