Karima Medjeded

{{short description|French judoka}}

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{{MedalSport | Women's para judo }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Paralympic Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2004 Athens | -48 kg }}

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Karima Medjeded is a blind French judoka.

She was the first person to win a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, when she competed in the women's extra-lightweight category in judo. Medjeded defeated three consecutive opponents by ippon, including Brazil's Karla Cardoso in the final.[http://www.radiofrance.fr/thematiques/sport/accueil/articles.php?id=25000848&nid=15000029 "Des souvenirs et des émotions"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060515135039/http://www.radiofrance.fr/thematiques/sport/accueil/articles.php?id=25000848&nid=15000029 |date=2006-05-15 }}, Radio France, September 29, 2004

She was subsequently awarded a knighthood in the Légion d'honneur, the highest decoration in France, by French President Jacques Chirac.[http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais_archives/actualites/a_l_elysee/2004/octobre/listes_des_athletes_decores_par_le_president_de_la_republique.23049.html "Remise de décorations aux médaillés des Jeux paralympiques d'Athènes Palais de l'Elysée"]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, website of the French presidency, October 25, 2004

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, she competed in the women's 48 kg weightclass and finished tied for seventh place.{{cite web |title=Judo - Women's -48 kg |year=2008 |publisher=Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games |url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/JU/C75/JUW048000.pdf |accessdate=2008-09-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907011906/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/INF/JU/C75/JUW048000.pdf |archive-date=2008-09-07 |url-status=dead }}

Medjeded lives in Bordeaux.