The new athletes who make up the 2015 French Olympic Sailing Team are finally known! We find 25 high level athletes including 6 new ones to make their entry in the French team.
The year 2014 was rich in success and allowed France to qualify for the Rio Olympics in 2016, but also to affirm the status of best nation in sailing alongside the English, Australians, New Zealanders and Dutch. In 2015, this new team will now be selected for the 10 series of the Olympic Games. The program is already looking busy with numerous training sessions and international events!
Nacra 17 (mixed double catamaran)
- Billy Besson (SNO Nantes / Army of Champions) and Marie Riou (USAM Voile Brest / Army of Champions)
- Moana Vaireaux (YC Carnac) and Manon Audinet (ST Georges Voile)
RS: X Women (windsurfing)
- Charline Picon (CN La Tremblade / Army of Champions)
- Eugénie Ricard (YC Mauguio Carnon)
RS: X Men (windsurfing)
- Julien Bontemps (ASPTT Nantes / INSEP)
- Thomas Goyard (A.Caledonienne P.A.V)
- Louis Giard (YC Carnac)
- Pierre Le Coq (CMV St Brieuc)
Finn (solo dinghy)
- Camille Lecointre (SR Brest / Army of Champions) and Hélène Defrance (ASPTT Marseille)
- Guillaume Pirouelle (SNP Havre) and Valentin Sipan (SNP Havre)
- Sofian Bouvet (SR Antibes) and Jérémie Mion (SR Havre)
- Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (CN Sainte-Maxime)
Laser Radial (single handed dinghy)
- Mathilde de Kerangat (SR Rochelaises)
- Marie Bolou (CN Lorient)
49er (men's double sculls)
- Emmanuel Dyen (CNV Aix Les Bains / French Customs Team) and Stéphane Christidis (EV Cagnes S/Mer / Army of Champions)
- Julien d'Ortoli (YCPR Marseille) and Noé Delpech (YCPR Marseille)
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Among the newcomers, we find Thomas Goyard, with a great performance at the world championships, Guillaume Pirouelle and Valentin Sipan who have achieved great performances in two years on the 470 circuit as well as a very nice world championship in Santander. Also Marie Bolou who showed her talent in Laser Radial as well as Eugenie Ricard and Thomas Le Breton who are back in the French team after having better results than in 2013.
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Some athletes are also no longer part of the French team but will continue to benefit from a follow-up. They are Nicolas Charbonnier and Nicolas Le Berre (470) and Sarah Steyaert and Julie Bossard (49er FX).
