Mélanie Gaubil

Mélanie Gaubil (born 4 October 1997) is a French archer who competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.

Mélanie Gaubil
Gaubil at the 2019 Archery World Cup in Moscow.
Personal information
Born4 October 1997 (1997-10-04) (age 26)
Sport
Country France
SportArchery
Event(s)Recurve
Medal record
Women's archery
Representing  France
Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2014 NanjingIndividual

Career

Gaubil contested the 2013 French National Archery Championships in both the junior and senior categories, finishing as the runner-up in the former and sixth overall in the latter after being eliminated in the quarter-finals. She later achieved a bronze medal in the women's team event at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin, and by the end the year had set five new national records.[1]

Gaubil made her Olympic debut at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing. She placed fifth in the 72-arrow ranking round, setting a personal record of 663 points from 720 despite suffering from an inflamed shoulder,[2] before progressing through the elimination rounds to the final. She was defeated by China's Li Jiaman in a tie-breaking one-arrow shoot-off, receiving the silver medal as the runner-up.[3]

Gaubil reached her first senior international final at the opening stage of the 2019 Archery World Cup, where she lost in straight sets to South Korea's Kang Chae-young.[4]

She is coached by Nicholas Rifaut and is a member of Les archers leguevinois, an archery club.[5]

References
  1. "Mélanie Gaubil vice-championne de France de tir à l'arc". La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 14 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. Diesnis, Jérôme (26 August 2014). "Mélanie Gaubil a vaincu ses démons" [Mélanie Gaubil has defeated her demons]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). Retrieved 19 October 2019.
  3. Johnston, Patrick (25 August 2014). Palmer, Justin (ed.). "Xu takes 400 meters hurdles in photo finish, Bach praises China". Reuters. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. Wells, Chris (28 April 2019). "Kang Chae Young completes Medellin triple gold with individual title". World Archery Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  5. "Athlete's biography - the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014". Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2014.


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