Raymond Damblant (born 10 January 1931) is a French and Canadian judoka, one of only five Canadian judoka to achieve the rank of kudan (ninth dan), and has been deeply involved in the development of Canadian Judo, especially in Quebec.
[1][2][3] Damblant was born in France and moved to Canada in 1959 to help promote judo in Quebec on behalf of the French Judo Federation.
He had planned to stay for a year but instead settled in Montreal permanently.
Damblant founded Club de judo Hakudokan in 1968, and retired as its technical director in 2017.
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