Charlotte Hym (born 30 October 1992) is a French street skateboarder and neuroscientist based in Paris.

Charlotte Hym
Personal information
Born (1992-10-30) 30 October 1992 (age 31)
Paris, France
Alma materParis Descartes University
Sport
CountryFrance
SportSkateboarding
PositionRegular-footed
Rank24[1]
EventStreet

Early life and education edit

Hym was born in Paris and grew up close to Boulevard Richard-Lenoir. She asked for a skateboard at the age of twelve because she saw so many people skateboarding in her local area.[2]

Hym obtained a bachelor's degree in Sport sciences at the Paris Descartes University in 2013, and completed a master's degree in Neuroscience from the same university in 2015.[2] She remained in neuroscience as a doctoral researcher, focusing on cognitive neuroscience at psychology in the laboratory of Marianne Barbu-Roth.[3][4] She looked at the impact of maternal voices on newborn babies.[5] In 2019, she received a PhD degree in Cognitive neuroscience and Psychology from the Paris Descartes University.[2]

Skateboarding career edit

Hym has competed at the World Skateboarding Championships. In 2016 she was approached by Commission Skateboard France to join the France skateboarding teams. She trained in Cosanostra Skatepark.[6] In July 2021 she represented France in the Women's Street Skateboarding event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing in 17th place.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Skateboarding - HYM Charlotte". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Charlotte Hym | INCC BABYLAB". baby.biomedicale.parisdescartes.fr. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "La chronique de Charlotte Hym : gérer un doctorat et le skate à haut niveau". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ Hym, Charlotte; Forma, Vincent; Anderson, David I.; Provasi, Joëlle; Granjon, Lionel; Huet, Viviane; Carpe, Emilie; Teulier, Caroline; Durand, Karine; Schaal, Benoist; Barbu‐Roth, Marianne (5 December 2020). "Newborn crawling and rooting in response to maternal breast odor". Developmental Science. 24 (3): e13061. doi:10.1111/desc.13061. ISSN 1363-755X. PMID 33174352. S2CID 226303830.
  6. ^ "Meet France's Charlotte Hym, ripping skater and paediatric student". Red Bull. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Heat Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Omega SA. 26 July 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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