Arthur Margelidon

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| name = Arthur Margelidon

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| nationality = Canadian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|10|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Paris, France

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| country = Canada

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}73 kg

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| olympics_rank = 5

| olympics_year = 2020

| olympics_weight = Men's 73 kg

| worlds_rank = 5

| worlds_year = 2023

| worlds_weight = Men's 73 kg

| regionals_type = AM

| regionals_rank = 1

| regionals_year = 2016

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| regionals_year2 = 2024

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{{Medal|Country| {{CAN}} }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Toronto | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2016 Havana | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2024 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Lima | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Calgary | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2015 Edmonton | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2018 Guangzhou | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Jerusalem | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Tokyo | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Abu Dhabi | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Tbilisi | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Baku | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2020 Budapest | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Antalya | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2024 Baku | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2017 Hohhot | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Zagreb | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Budapest | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2018 Cancún | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Hohhot | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

{{Medal|S| 2010 Buena Vista | {{nbnd}}73 kg }}

| updated = 28 April 2024

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Arthur Margelidon (born 12 October 1993, in Paris, France) is a Canadian judoka who competes in the men's 73 kg category.{{cite web |url=http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/58110/Arthur_Margelidon |title=Arthur Margelidon, Judoka, JudoInside |work=judoinside.com}}

Career

Margelidon won the bronze medal the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, and the gold medal at the 2016 Pan American Judo Championships in Havana.{{cite web |url=http://www.judocanada.org/2016/04/29/arthur-margelidon-brings-canadas-medal-count-up-to-six/ |title=Arthur Margelidon Brings Canada's Medal Count up to Six |date=29 April 2016 |website=Judo Canada |publisher=Judo Canada |accessdate=1 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160502093923/http://www.judocanada.org/2016/04/29/arthur-margelidon-brings-canadas-medal-count-up-to-six/ |archive-date=2 May 2016 |url-status=dead }}

In June 2016, he was selected for Canada's Olympic team,{{cite news|first=Asif|last=Hossain|title=Valois-Fortier headlines eight judokas nominated to Olympic team for Rio 2016|url=http://olympic.ca/2016/06/28/valois-fortier-headlines-eight-judokas-nominated-to-olympic-team-for-rio-2016/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=28 June 2016|accessdate=11 July 2016}} but he had to withdraw after he injured his arm.{{cite news|date=27 July 2016|title=Arthur Margelidon to miss Olympic judo with broken forearm|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/rio2016/judo/arthur-margelidon-out-rio-1.3697414|work=CBC News|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=28 April 2019}} In June 2021, Margelidon was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team.{{cite web|last=Awad|first=Brandi|title=Six Canadians set for judo’s Olympic return to its birthplace|url=https://olympic.ca/2021/06/30/six-canadians-set-for-judos-olympic-return-to-its-birthplace/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee|date=30 June 2021|access-date=30 June 2021}} Margelidon would go onto finish in fifth place, one victory away from a bronze medal.{{cite web|last=Rankin|first=Christine|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/olympic-wake-up-call-tokyo-july-26-1.6117115|title=Olympic wake-up call: Canada secures emotional bronze medal, new national records|date=26 July 2021|website=www.cbc.ca/|publisher=CBC Sports|access-date=21 August 2021}}

He lost his bronze medal match in the men's 73{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.