Charline Picon
Picon at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NicknamePic[1]
Nationality France
Born (1984-12-23) 23 December 1984 (age 39)
Royan, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)
Sailing career
ClassSailboard
ClubPalmyr Atlantic Voile[1]
Club Nautique de la Tremblade
French Navy's Armee des Champions[2]
CoachCedric Leroy (national)[2]
Medal record
Women's sailing
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo RS:X
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Santander RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aarhus RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2020 Sorrento RS:X
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Weymouth RS:X
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Kerteminde RS:X
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Cádiz RS:X
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Brest RS:X
Gold medal – first place 2014 Alacati RS:X
Gold medal – first place 2016 Helsinki RS:X
Gold medal – first place 2020 Vilamoura RS:X
Gold medal – first place 2021 Vilamoura RS:X
Silver medal – second place 2008 Brest RS:X
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Mallorca RS:X

Charline Picon (born 23 December 1984) is a French windsurfer who specialized in the Neil Pryde RS:X class.[1][4] She captured two bronze medals in her respective class at the Windsurfing World Championships (2009 and 2010), and an Olympic title at the 2016 Summer Olympics after attaining a top ten finish at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5][6] As of September 2014, Picon is ranked as one of the top ten sailors in the world for the sailboard class by the International Sailing Federation, following her successes at the European and World Championships and at the Sailing World Cup series.[7]

Picon competed in the women's RS:X class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing eighth and receiving a berth from the World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[8][9] Having awarded a guaranteed slot in the medal race from the opening series, Picon sailed through the final stretch to edge out Italian windsurfer and 2000 Olympic champion Alessandra Sensini and Canada's top favorite Nikola Girke for an eighth spot in a net score of 89 points.[10][11]

At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander, Spain, Picon sailed against an immense fleet of windsurfers to pick up a gold medal in the women's RS:X class, accumulating a net score of 27 points, and securing a spot on the French squad to compete for her second Olympics.[12][13]

Picon took up windsurfing aged 11. She is a physiotherapist by education. Until 2006 she competed in the Aloha and Mistral classes, and only later changed to RS:X. During the 2008–09 season she had a shoulder surgery and returned to competitions in September 2009.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Charline Picon". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ a b c Charline Picon Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  3. ^ Charline Picon Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  4. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charline Picon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Nick Dempsey and Marina Alabau conquer the 2009 RS:X World Championships". Surfer Today. 11 September 2009. Archived from the original on 17 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  6. ^ "Bryony misses out on podium". Dorset Echo. 6 September 2010. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  7. ^ "Charline Picon titrée en RS:X" [Charline Picon takes RS:X title] (in French). L'Equipe. 7 July 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Aussies Malcolm Page, Mathew Belcher star at Championships". Perth Now. 9 December 2011. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. ^ "Perth à haut niveau" [High level in Perth] (in French). French Olympic Committee. 3 December 2011. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  10. ^ "JO 2012 – Charline Picon (planche): Pas de réponse à la contre-performance" [2012 Olympics – Charline Picon (windsurfing): "No response to my poor performance"] (in French). Ouest-France. 8 August 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Women's RS:X". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  12. ^ "Golden Day For French RS:X Racers". ISAF. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2014.
  13. ^ "Planche à voile : Charline Picon assurée du titre mondial" [Windsurfing: Charline Picon secured the world title] (in French). L'Equipe. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2014.

External links

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