Canadian judo coach Antoine Valois-Fortier won the Olympic Games bronze in London 2012.

In Rio he finished seventh. Valois-Fortier fought in the 2014 World Championships final vs Tchrikishvili and took bronze in 2015 and 2019 in the Budokan in Tokyo.

He won 25 World Cup medals. In 2017 he won gold at the Grand Prix in Hohhot. Antoine took bronze at the

Grand Prix in Tbilisi and Antalya in 2019. He took silver at the Grand Prix in Montreal and Zagreb and retired in December 2021 becomeing national coach of Canada to embark on a new Olympic cycle leading to Paris.