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Agbegnenou in 2017, photo by StockphotoVideo /Bigstock.com
Birth Name: Clarisse Bogdanna Agbegnenou
Place of Birth: Rennes, Brittany, France
Date of Birth: 25 October, 1992
Ethnicity: Togolese [Akposso]
Clarisse Agbegnenou is a French-Togolese judoka. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in the -63kg category, a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, and a bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. She was the flagbearer for France at the 2020 opening ceremony.
Clarisse is the daughter of Pauline (Doni) and Victor Kossikouma Agbegnenou, a scientist and researcher, who studied in the USSR before moving to France. Her parents are from the Plateaux Region, Togo. Her father was born in Amoussa, a village close to the Ghanaian border. Her mother is from the village of Agadji. Clarisse holds dual citizenship.
She has a daughter with her partner Thomas Grava.
Clarisse’s maternal grandfather was a football player and the president of the Agadji football club. His father (Clarisse’s great-grandfather) was the king of the city of Atakpamé, Togo.
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