Allan Julie Explained

Birth Date:23 March 1977
Birth Place:Victoria, Seychelles
Weight:800NaN0
Classes:Laser
Club:Seychelles Yachting
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Allan Julie (born 23 March 1977) is a Laser sailor from the Seychelles.[1] Julie is a five-time Olympian,[2] and a gold medalist in the same sailing class at the 2011 All-Africa Games in Maputo, Mozambique.[3]

Career

Julie made his official debut for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he competed in the open laser class. He placed thirty-seventh out of fifty-six sailors in the preliminary races, with a net score of 305 points.[4] At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Julie achieved his best result in sailing, when he finished twenty-eighth in the same class, lowering his score to 203 net points.[5]

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Julie became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony for being the most experienced member.[6] He placed twentieth out of forty-two sailors in the open laser class by six points larger of his record from Finland's Roope Suomalainen, attaining his best net score of 166.[7]

Twelve years after competing in his first Olympics, Julie qualified for his fourth Seychellois team, as a 31-year-old, at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, by finishing forty-ninth and obtaining a place from the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. He placed thirty-second out of forty-three sailors in the preliminary races of the men's Laser class, by three points shorter of his record from Guatemala's Juan Ignacio Maegli, with a net score of 203 points.[8]

Julie missed out on qualifying for the 2012 Summer Olympics, but four years later he switched to the Finn boat and managed to qualify after only starting in his new boat two weeks before the final African Olympic qualification regatta.[9] In the Finn class at the Olympics Julie finished 23rd.[10]

Throughout his career Juile has been named Seychelles Sportsman of the Year a record six times[11]

Notes and References

  1. Allan Julie . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005053/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ju/allan-julie-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 25 January 2013.
  2. Web site: Allan Juile . Olympic.org . 23 October 2016.
  3. News: South Africa, Tunisia And The Seychelles Take Top Honours As The All African Games Draws To A Close . . 13 July 2007 . 25 January 2013.
  4. Mixed one person dinghy results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417182439/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SAI/mixed-one-person-dinghy.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 October 2016.
  5. Mixed one person dinghy results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185350/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2000/SAI/mixed-one-person-dinghy.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 October 2016.
  6. News: Allan Julie, Seychelles' flag bearer . Nation Seychelles . 11 August 2004 . 25 January 2013.
  7. 2004 Mixed One Person Dinghy Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2004/SAI/mixed-one-person-dinghy.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 October 2016.
  8. Web site: Men's Laser . . 25 January 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728182143/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/sailing/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DSAM004000/standings.html . 28 July 2012.
  9. Web site: Allen Juile setting the bar high for Rio . finnclass.org . 23 October 2016.
  10. Web site: Finn Final Standings . Rio 2016 Summer Olympics . . 23 October 2016 . 17 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160917175447/https://www.rio2016.com/en/sailing-standings-sa-finn-men . dead.
  11. Web site: Sports awards 2015 . nation.sc . 23 October 2016.