MAZOUZ Sarah-Myriam

Date of Birth: 29 Apr 1987

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: FRANCEVILLE

Birth Country:

Gabon

Place of residence : MONTREAL, QC

Residence Country:

Canada

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Judo	Women -78 kg	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
Followed by	Nippon Budokan Judo Mat 2	Women -78 kg Elimination Round of 32 #5 POL PACUT BPACUT Beata 10s1 IPP GAB MAZOUZ SMMAZOUZ Sarah-Myriam 0s2	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	-78 kg
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	9

World Championships

Year	Location	-78 kg
2021	Budapest, HUN	9
2019	Tokyo, JPN	9
2018	Baku, AZE	17
2015	Astana, KAZ	9
2014	Chelyabinsk, RUS	33

African Games

Year	Location	-78 kg
2019	Rabat, MAR	1

African Championships

Year	Location	-78 kg
2020	Antananarivo, MAD	2
2019	Cape Town, RSA	3
2018	Tunis, TUN	5

World Masters

Year	Location	-78 kg
2021	Doha, QAT	17

Grand Slam - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	9th	16th	17th	30th-33rd
2021	-78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-	-
2020	-78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	1x	-

Grand Prix - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-78 kg	-	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

World Cup - Tally of rank achieved per season and event since 2017

Year	Event	1st	2nd	3rd	4rd	5th	7th	8th	9th	10th	15th-33rd
2019	-78 kg	1x	2x	2x	-	1x	-	-	1x	-	-
2018	-78 kg	1x	1x	-	-	-	-	-	1x	-	-

Grand Slam, Grand Prix & World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
1	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Yaounde, CMR
1	2018	-78 kg	World Cup	Santo Domingo, DOM
2	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Santo Domingo, DOM
2	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Santiago, CHI
2	2018	-78 kg	World Cup	Yaounde, CMR
3	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Dakar, SEN
3	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Cordoba, ARG
5	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Lima, PER
9	2021	-78 kg	Grand Slam	Kazan, RUS
9	2020	-78 kg	Grand Slam	Paris, FRA
9	2019	-78 kg	World Cup	Perth, WA, AUS
9	2019	-78 kg	Grand Prix	Montreal, FRA
9	2018	-78 kg	World Cup	Minsk, BLR

Occupation:

College of Bois-de-Boulogne, Montreal, QC, CAN

Husband Ernst Laraque, daughter Neila [2017]

Languages spoken:

English, French

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Ernst Laraque competed in judo for Haiti, including at the Olympic Games in 2000 and 2004. (Instagram profile, 06 Mar 2021; olympics.com, 01 Jan 2020; SportsDeskOnline, 02 Jul 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "Tokyo is my favourite city in the world, it's the land of judo and that makes it more exciting." (judoinside.com, 18 Sep 2017)

General Interest

General
MOTHERHOOD
In 2016 she took a break from the sport for a year due to pregnancy. She gave birth to daughter Neila in 2017 and returned to competition in 2018. "I learned that I was pregnant [in 2016] after spending four years training and competing all around the world without rest. I was mentally and physically exhausted. I started judo again two months after giving birth as my doctor recommended. Pregnancy is like a rebirth, we feel like we can accomplish everything, my motivation is stronger than before." (ijf.org, 06 Jun 2021; judoinside.com, 18 Sep 2017)

FROM CANADA TO GABON
She represented Canada until 2014, when she switched allegiance to Gabon. (judoinside.com, 08 Apr 2016)

OCCUPATION
She runs and co-owns Ernst Laraque Fitness in Montreal, QC, Canada. (LinkedIn profile, 17 Jun 2021; Instagram profile, 05 Jun 2021)

FURTHER EDUCATION
In 2012 she graduated with a bachelor's degree in accounting and human resources from HEC Montreal in Canada. In 2020 she obtained a graduate diploma in sports management from the same institution. (LinkedIn profile, 17 Jun 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
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