Thierry Rey
CountryFrance
Weight class60 kg, 65 kg
RankBlack
Dan7
Worlds rank1
Worlds year1979
Regionals rank1
Regionals year1983
Olympics rank1
Olympics year1980
Olympics weightMen's 60 kg
Updated19 June 2023

Thierry Rey (born 1 June 1959) is a French judoka, world and olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the extra lightweight (60 kg) division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1][2] He is the father of Martin Rey-Chirac, as a result of a relation with Claude Chirac, a daughter of late president Jacques Chirac.[3]

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  2. ^ "1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Judo" Archived 16 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on 19 June 2008)
  3. ^ Dejevsky, Mary (April 15, 1996). "Name game spells double trouble for Chirac family". The Independent. p. 10. Retrieved September 25, 2025.