Gisèle Mendy

{{Short description|Senegalese Olympic judoka (born 1979)}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's judo}}

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{{MedalCompetition|All-Africa Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Algiers | 70 kg }}

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{{MedalSilver|2008 Agadir | 70 kg }}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Port Elizabeth | 70 kg }}

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Gisèle Mendy (born 19 December 1979) is a Senegalese judoka, who played for the middleweight category.{{cite web |title=Gisèle Mendy |date=25 January 2013 |url= https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/gisele-mendy-1.html |accessdate= 2013-01-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20130202163435/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/me/gisele-mendy-1.html |archivedate= 2 February 2013 }} She won three medals for her division at the African Judo Championships (2005, 2006, and 2008).{{cite web|title=2005 African Championships – Port Elizabeth, South Africa|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/4029/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=25 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=2006 African Championships – Port Louis, Mauritius|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/4420/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=25 January 2013}}{{cite web|title=2008 African Championships – Agadir, Morocco|url=http://www.judoinside.com/event/view/5098/|publisher=Judo Inside|accessdate=25 January 2013}} She also captured a silver medal in the same division at the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, Algeria, losing out to Algeria's Rachida Ouerdane.{{cite news|title=

Algeria wins first gold on its way to dare African mighty nations|url=http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90779/6215007.html|publisher=People's Daily Online (China)|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=25 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Aflou|first=Lyes|title=First medals claimed in All Africa Games|url=http://magharebia.com/cocoon/awi/xhtml1/en_GB/features/awi/features/2007/07/13/feature-02|publisher=Magharebia|date=13 July 2007|accessdate=25 January 2013}}

Mendy represented Senegal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 70 kg class. She lost the first preliminary round match, by an ippon (full point) and a te gatame (hand armlock), to German judoka and Olympic bronze medalist Annett Böhm.{{cite web|title=Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Preliminaries|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUW070515/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=25 January 2013}} Because her opponent advanced further into the semi-finals, Mendy offered another shot for the bronze medal by entering the repechage rounds. Unfortunately, she was defeated in her first match by Ukraine's Nataliya Smal, who successfully scored a waza-ari-awasete-ippon (full point) and a kuchiki taoshi (single leg takedown), at fifty-two seconds.{{cite web|title=Women's Middleweight (70kg/154 lbs) Repechage|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUW070554/index.html|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=25 January 2013|archive-date=4 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104014347/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/judo/resultsandschedules/rsc=JUW070554/index.html|url-status=dead}}