Gwladys Patience Épangue (born 15 August 1983 in Clichy-la-Garenne, France) is a French taekwondo athlete. Representing France at the 2005 World Taekwondo Championships in Madrid, she won the silver medal in the welterweight division, losing to Hwang Kyung-Seon from South Korea in the final. At the 2007 World Taekwondo Championships in Beijing, she won a silver medal, losing to Hwang in the final again. Épangue represented her country in the –67 kg class at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and won a bronze medal. In 2009, Épangue won her first World Championship gold medal in welterweight at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark. In Round of 32, she edged out South Korean's favorite Park Hye-Mi, who demolished Icelandic champion Auður Jónsdóttir 22–1 in the first round, in overtime. In the semifinal match, Épangue beat European rival Sandra Šarić of Croatia, 2008 European Champion and 4-time World Championship medalist, 6–1. Épangue withdrew from the 2012 Summer Olympics because of injury was replaced by her compatriot Anne-Caroline Graffe. References External links Athlete Biography at beijing2008 French female taekwondo practitioners Living people French sportspeople of Cameroonian descent 1983 births Taekwondo practitioners at the 2004 Summer Olympics Taekwondo practitioners at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic taekwondo practitioners of France Olympic medalists in taekwondo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite Taekwondo practitioners at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in taekwondo European Games gold medalists for France Taekwondo practitioners at the 2016 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in taekwondo Universiade bronze medalists for France European Taekwondo Championships medalists World Taekwondo Championships medalists Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade 20th-century French women 21st-century French women