HEURTAULT Leila

World Championships

Year	Location	Team Kumite
2018	Madrid, ESP	1
2016	Linz, AUT	1
2014	Bremen, GER	2

European Championships

Year	Location	Kumite -61kg	Team Kumite
2021	Porec, CRO	3	5
2017	Samsun, TUR	-	3

Karate 1 Premier League - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Kumite -61kg	Rabat, MAR
2	2019	Kumite -61kg	Tokyo, JPN
2	2018	Kumite -61kg	Berlin, GER
3	2020/2021	Kumite -61kg	Lisbon, POR
3	2020/2021	Kumite -61kg	Paris, FRA
3	2019	Kumite -61kg	Shanghai, CHN
3	2018	Kumite -61kg	Paris, FRA
3	2017	Kumite -61kg	Halle, GER
5	2019	Kumite -61kg	Madrid, ESP
5	2019	Kumite -61kg	Rabat, MAR

Karate 1 Series A - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2018	Kumite -61kg	Santiago, CHI
5	2020	Kumite -61kg	Santiago, CHI
7	2017	Kumite -61kg	Okinawa, JPN
12	2019	Kumite -61kg	Montreal, QC, CAN
13	2018	Kumite -61kg	Shanghai, CHN
14	2017	Kumite -61kg	Istanbul, TUR
15	2017	Kumite -61kg	Salzburg, AUT
34	2019	Kumite -61kg	Santiago, CHI
35	2017	Kumite -61kg	Toledo, ESP
67	2019	Kumite -61kg	Istanbul, TUR

Reading, drawing, cooking. (Karate-K TV YouTube channel, 24 Mar 2020)

Athlete

French

Club Manceau Samourai 2000 [Le Mans, FRA]

Didier Moreau [club], FRA

Her younger sister Sara has also competed in karate and won silver in the -55kg category at the 2019 European U21 Championships in Aalborg, Denmark. (ouest-france.fr, 24 Jan 2013; SportsDeskOnline, 17 Jul 2021)

She took up the sport at age 10 in French Guiana. (francekarate2020.fr, 01 Jan 2020; karateporec2021.com, 10 May 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 05 Jul 2021)

She trains two to three times a day. (karateporec2021.com, 10 May 2021)

"Just before I get on the tatami, I always look at the referee, my coach, and then the referee again. When returning to the fight, I always pay attention to greet the fighter at the same time as she greets me. It's a sign of respect that helps me focus for the rest of the fight." (karateporec2021.com, 10 May 2021)