Jean-Charles Valladont (born 20 March 1989) is a French archer. He competed at the 2008, 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, the latter two in which he won silver medals.[2][3] He won another silver medal at the 2015 World Cup.[4]
 Valladont at the 2016 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 March 1989 Besançon, France[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Archery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Valladont finished his ranking round with a total of 656 points, which gave him the 35th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Michael Naray in the first round. Naray, who was the 30th seed won the match by 108–106. He was eliminated in the following round by Viktor Ruban who would eventually win the gold medal.[5]
Valladont won the silver medal in the men's recurve event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.[6] He also won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event.[6]
Valladont won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany.[7] He also won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event.[7]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-Charles Valladont". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b Jean-Charles Valladont Archived 2 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016.com
- ^ "Battue en finale des JO par la Corée du Sud, l'équipe de France de tir à l'arc prend la médaille d'argent". L’Equipe. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Jean-Charles Valladont. nbcolympics.com
- ^ "Athlete biography: Jean-Charles Valladont". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
- ^ a b "2022 European Indoor Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ^ a b "2024 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). IANSEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
External links
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- Jean-Charles Valladont at World Archery
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Olympics.com
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Olympedia
- Jean-Charles Valladont at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Team France (in French)
- Jean-Charles Valladont at the World Games
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