Raymond Damblant Explained

Raymond Damblant
Birth Date:10 January 1931
Birth Place:France
Country:Canada
Sport:Judo
Rank: Kudan (ninth dan)
Dan:9
Club:Club de judo Hakudokan

Raymond Damblant (born 10 January 1931) is a French and Canadian judoka, one of only five Canadian judoka to achieve the rank of kudan (ninth dan), and has been deeply involved in the development of Canadian Judo, especially in Quebec. He has refereed at three Olympics and six World Judo Championships, coached the Canadian judo team on multiple occasions, held multiple positions on Judo Canada's executive committee, served as the founding President of Judo Quebec, and was inducted into the Judo Canada Hall of Fame in 1996.[1] [2] [3]

Damblant was born in France and moved to Canada in 1959 to help promote judo in Quebec on behalf of the French Judo Federation. He had planned to stay for a year but instead settled in Montreal permanently. Damblant founded Club de judo Hakudokan in 1968, and retired as its technical director in 2017.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Gill . Nicolas . Leyshon . Glynn . Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada . 2019 . Marcel Broquet . Montreal . 116. Second.
  2. Web site: Hiroshi Nakamura and Raymond Damblant promoted to Kudan by Judo Canada . Judo Canada . 24 June 2021.
  3. Web site: Raymond Damblant: “Judo in Canada has evolved” . International Judo Federation . 24 June 2021.
  4. Book: Gill . Nicolas . Leyshon . Glynn . Judoka: The History of Judo in Canada . 2019 . Marcel Broquet . Montreal . 116-17. Second.