Vincent Lecrubier

Vincent Lecrubier (born September 20, 1986) is a French sprint canoer who has competed from 2003 to 2016.

Vincent Lecrubier
Lecrubier (front) leading the French K-4 during the 2013 World cup
Personal information
Full nameVincent Lecrubier
NationalityFrench
Born (1986-09-20) September 20, 1986
Rennes, France
Height6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight190 lb (86 kg)
Sport
SportKayaking
Event(s)K2 500m, K2 1000m, K4 1000m
ClubCKCIR
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing France France
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 0
World Championships 0 3 1
World Cups 2 6 1
European Championships 0 2 0
French Championships 18 8 7
Total 20 19 9
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2009 DartmouthK4 1000m
Silver medal – second place2004 BergenK1 marathon U18
Silver medal – second place2004 BergenK2 marathon U18
Bronze medal – third place2003 KomatsuK2 1000m
World Cups
Silver medal – second place2004 Poznan U18K1 1000m
Silver medal – second place2004 Poznan U18K2 500m
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2013 RačiceK4 1000m
Silver medal – second place2011 PoznańK2 500m
Silver medal – second place2013 RačiceK2 500m
Silver medal – second place2010 VichyK2 1000m
Silver medal – second place2009 PoznańK4 1000m
Gold medal – first place2008 RačiceK4 1000m
Gold medal – first place2008 PoznańK2 1000m
Silver medal – second place2008 PoznańK2 500m
Silver medal – second place2005 PoznańK4 1000m

Sporting career

Lecrubier won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2009 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth.

Lecrubier also finished seventh in the K-2 500 m event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

In total, he won 2 Gold medals, 6 Silver medals, and 1 Bronze medal on Canoe World cups along his career, and won 5 Junior world medals. His French team teammates were Sébastien Jouve, Philippe Colin and Guillaume Burger. Lecrubier won 16 French champion Titles, and 42 national medals.

Education

Lecrubier is an Aerospace engineer, graduating from ISAE in Toulouse, France in 2010.

Lecrubier got a PhD in Computer Science from ONERA, the French aerospace lab, in 2016.

Professional career

Lecrubier worked at the French Ministry of the Armed Forces from 2010 to 2012,[1] and at Airbus in 2011.

In 2016, Lecrubier was elected vice-president of the French Canoe Federation in 2016,[2] and co-founded the start-up Sterblue in 2016

In 2017, Lecrubier was awarded the French under 35 Sport and Management award.[3] Lecrubier was also awarded the ISAE-Supero Foundation Special prize in 2017.[4]

References


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