Jean-Charles Valladont (born 20 March 1989) is a French archer. He competed at the 2008 and 2016 Olympics, the latter in which he won a silver medal.[2] He won another silver medal at the 2015 World Cup.[3]
 Valladont at the 2016 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 20 March 1989 (age 35) 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 edit
At 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.[4]
He won the silver medal in the men's recurve event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.[5] He also won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event.[5]
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
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- Jean-Charles Valladont at the World Archery Federation
- Jean-Charles Valladont at the World Games
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Olympics.com
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Olympedia
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Équipe de France (in French)
- Jean-Charles Valladont at Équipe de France Olympique (archived) (in French)
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