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{{Short description|French judoka (born 1976)}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|2|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Eymoutiers]], France
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| sport = [[Para judo]]
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[para judo]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{FRA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Paralympic Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2004 Summer Paralympics|2004 Athens]] | -81 kg }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2008 Summer Paralympics|2008 Beijing]] | -81 kg }}
{{MedalBronze|[[2024 Summer Paralympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Judo at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Men's 90 kg J1|-90 kg J1]]}}
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'''Cyril Jonard''' (born 23 February 1976) is a French [[judoka]]. He competes in judo events for the [[Visual impairment|visually impaired]] and [[blindness|blind]]. Jonard has [[Usher syndrome]]; he is both [[deafness|deaf]] and visually impaired. He competes against non-deaf judoka.<ref>[http://www.france5.fr/oeil-et-main/archives/13762428-fr.php "Champions !"], [[France 5]]</ref>

Jonard took part in the [[2004 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Athens]]. He won gold in the men's half-middleweight category (-81&nbsp;kg) when he defeated [[Japan]]'s [[Yuji Kato]] by [[ippon]] within just a few seconds in the final.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040922025908/http://www.lequipe.fr/Aussi/20040919_193745Dev.html "Paralympiques 2004 - 2 nouvelles médailles d'or"], ''L'Equipe'', September 20, 2004</ref>

He was subsequently awarded a [[knighthood]] in the [[Légion d'honneur]], the highest decoration in France, by French [[President of France|President]] [[Jacques Chirac]].<ref>[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=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, website of the French presidency, October 25, 2004</ref> He also received a personal letter of congratulations from President Chirac for his achievement.<ref>[http://www.elysee.fr/elysee/elysee.fr/francais_archives/interventions/lettres_et_messages/2004/septembre/lettre_de_felicitations_a_m_cyril_jonard.22349.html "Lettre de félicitations à M. Cyril JONARD"]{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, website of the French presidency, September 19, 2004</ref>

Jonard [[France at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|represented France]] again at the [[2008 Summer Paralympics]] in [[Beijing]], and won silver in the under 81&nbsp;kg category, defeated in the final by [[Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics|Cuba]]'s [[Isao Cruz]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110521102801/http://www.lequipe.fr/Jo/breves2008/20080908_212841_une-soiree-argentee_Dev.html "JO - Paralympiques - Une journée argentée"], ''L'Equipe'', September 8, 2008</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{JudoInside}}
* {{IPC}}
* {{Team France|cyril-jonard}}
* {{CPSF}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:French male judoka]]
[[Category:Paralympic judoka for France]]
[[Category:Paralympic gold medalists for France]]
[[Category:Paralympic silver medalists for France]]
[[Category:Paralympic bronze medalists for France]]
[[Category:Judoka at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Judoka at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Judoka at the 2016 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Judoka at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2008 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics]]
[[Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour]]
[[Category:Paralympic medalists in judo]]
[[Category:Deafblind people]]
[[Category:French deaf people]]
[[Category:French disabled sportspeople]]
[[Category:20th-century French sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century French sportsmen]]
[[Category:French blind people]]


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