Jean-Charles Valladont

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]

Jean-Charles Valladont
Valladont at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born20 March 1989 (1989-03-20) (age 34)
Besançon, France[1]
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Weight83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
SportArchery
Medal record
Representing  France
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Individual
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Mexico Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Belek Team
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Cali Individual
European Games
Gold medal – first place2019 MinskTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2016 Nottingham Recurve Men
Bronze medal – third place2018 Legnica Individual

Career

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
  1. 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.
  2. Jean-Charles Valladont Archived 2 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016.com
  3. Jean-Charles Valladont. nbcolympics.com
  4. "Athlete biography: Jean-Charles Valladont". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
  5. "2022 European Indoor Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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