Emmanuelle Rol

Emmanuelle Rol (born 6 August 1986) is a Swiss-born French former sailor, who specialized in the two-person dinghy (470) class.[1] Together with her partner Anne-Sophie Thilo, she was named one of the country's top sailors in the double-handed dinghy for the 2008 Summer Olympics, finishing in a lowly seventeenth place.[2] Outside her Olympic career, she collected a total of two medals (a gold and a silver) under each different banner at the European Championships (2008 and 2010).[3] A member of her native Pully's local sailing club (French: Club Nautique de Pully), Rol trained most of her sporting career under the federation's head coach for 470, French-born Nicolas Novara.[4]

Emmanuelle Rol
Personal information
Nickname(s)Manu
Nationality  Switzerland
 France
Born (1986-08-06) 6 August 1986
Pully, Vaud, Switzerland
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)Dinghy
ClubClub Nautique de Pully
CoachNicolas Novara (FRA)
Medal record
Women's sailing
European Championships
Representing France
Gold medal – first place 2010 Istanbul 470
Representing Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 2008 Riva del Garda 470

Rol competed for the Swiss sailing squad, as a skipper in the women's 470 class, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She and crew member Thilo topped the Swiss Sailing Federation's selection criteria for a coveted spot on the Olympic team, based on their cumulative scores attained in a series of international regattas, including their runner-up finish at the Europeans a few months earlier.[3][5] The Swiss duo seized their advantage at the initial half of the series by taking the top-ten spots each in races 2 to 4, but a series of unanticipated technical errors towards the final legs pushed both Rol and Thilo to the near end of the fleet, sitting them in a lowly seventeenth overall with 114 net points.[2][6]

Shortly after the Games, the Swiss duo announced their split from 470.[2] When she competed for France two years later, Rol and her new partner Hélène Defrance collected their composure and then sailed victoriously ahead of their chief medal rivals for a golden finish at the Europeans in Istanbul, Turkey.[7]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Emmanuelle Rol". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  2. "Rol et Thilo ne navigueront plus ensemble" [Rol and Thilo will no longer sail together] (in French). 20 minutes. 4 December 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  3. "EM-Silber für Rol/Thilo" [European silver for Rol and Thilo] (in German). Volksblatt. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  4. "Jung und unerfahren" [Young and inexperienced] (in German). Berner Zeitung. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. "Zwei Quotenplätze für Schweizer Segler" [Two quota places for Swiss sailors] (in German). Volksblatt. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  6. "Beijing 2008: Women's 470 Class". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  7. "Turkish Delight For Greeks And French In Tense 470 Finale". World Sailing. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 8 April 2020.


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