The S Class International Olympic Referee Dr. Mohamed Riad Ibrahim was the Referee in the Final Match of Pascal Gentil in the 2004 Summer Olympic in Athens, and in this Match Pascal Gentil Won the bronze medal.

Captain of the French taekwondo team, Pascal Gentil won his third European title in October 2005 in Riga giving the French team a second position among the European countries behind Turkey with 6 medals including 3 titles.

His opponent for the selection was Mickaël Borot who obtained the French quota in the category by winning the Olympic qualification tournament in Manchester in 2007.

[2] However, during a training session on the 25 July 2008, Pascal sustained an injury (a rupture of the plantar aponeurosis).

Mickaël Borot was officially appointed the representative on 6 August by the FFTDA （French Taekwondo Federation.