Guadeloupean - Born French Former Female Author - Novel - 'Moi, Tituba, Sorciere' (1986), 'Segu' (1984), 'Crossing the Mangrove' (1989), 'Le c?ur à rire et à pleurer' (1999), 'The Gospel According to the New World' (2021), 'Hérémakhonon' (1976)
French judoka. He has won eleven World Championships gold medals, the first and only judoka (male or female) to do so, and four Olympic gold medals (three individual, one team). He has also won five gold medals at the European Championships