Marlene Nidecker
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| Full name | Marlène Olivia Nidecker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 October 1986 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | MarleneHarnois.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | FRA CAN | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marlène Olivia Nidecker (born 22 October 1986) is a Canadian-born French taekwondo Olympic medalist, TV personality, and sports patron, married to Henry Nidecker.
She is a two-time European Champion, World University Champion, a World Taekwondo Championships medalist,[1] and has reached the world number one ranking. She is a Champion for Peace representing Peace and Sport, placed under the High Patronage of HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee and of the European Taekwondo Union, and a board member of the French Olympian Association. She also obtained an MBA with Honors from the International University of Monaco.
Sports patronage
In 2014, she founded the Fondation Heart Angel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast to promote education, culture and sports in West Africa. The foundation supported the athletes Cheick Cissé and Ruth Gbagbi who won historic medals for their country at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics.[2]
In 2016, she became a Champion for Peace representing the Peace and Sport organisation, under the High Patronage of Prince Albert II of Monaco. She actively promotes peace through sport and doing field actions all over the world.[3]
In parallel to her sport career, she obtained a BA in Journalism and Communications at the Centre de Formation de Journalistes de Paris, starred in an advertising campaign for Allianz with Ladji Doucouré and Blune with Mazarine Pingeot, and worked for various media outlets such as Eurosport, Canal+ Africa and France Televisions, covering the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics. She is also involved with various foundations and is an ambassador for "Un Maillot Pour la Vie" and Fondation Heart Angel.
She is also the founder and president of the Caravan for Peace, a humanitarian action supported by athletes such as Didier Drogba, Ladji Doucouré and Daba Modibo Keita. The goal is to unite sports celebrities to promote a message of peace and use sport as a tool for development. In 2017, for the first edition, the sports celebrities visited villages in Senegal and launched water fountains near sports fields.[4] In 2018, during UNESCO's International Day for Philosophy, she was appointed Ambassador of the International center for youth philosophy PhiloJeunes.
Honours
- 1 March 2013: Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite[5]
- 2018: Decorated by United Nations peacekeeping forces alongside singer and philanthropist Akon for her contribution in Africa
References
- ↑ "TaekwondoData". TaekwondoData. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ↑ Radio-Canada.ca, ICI Radio-Canada Info-. "Jeux olympiques Tokyo 2020 | Dossier | ICI Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada.ca (in français). Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ↑ "Eleven new recruits join the Champions for Peace Club". www.peace-sport.org. Retrieved 2019-11-14.
- ↑ "LA CARAVANE DE LA PAIX REVIENT SUR 3 JOURS DE PARTAGE, DE SPORT ET D'EMOTION". www.peace-sport.org (in français). Retrieved 2024-08-28.
- ↑ Décret du 31 décembre 2012 portant promotion et nomination, retrieved 2019-11-14
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