Charline Van Snick Explained
| Charline Van Snick |
| Nationality: | Belgian |
| Birth Date: | 2 September 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Liège, Belgium |
| Country: | Belgium |
| Weight Class: | 48 kg, 52 kg |
| Retired: | 6 February 2024[1] [2] |
| Worlds Rank: | 3 |
| Worlds Year: | 2013 |
| Worlds Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
| Regionals Type: | EU |
| Regionals Rank: | 1 |
| Regionals Year: | 2015 |
| Regionals Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
| Regionals Year2: | 2016 |
| Regionals Weight2: | Women's 48 kg |
| Olympics Rank: | 3 |
| Olympics Year: | 2012 |
| Olympics Weight: | Women's 48 kg |
| Updated: | 21 May 2023 |
Charline Van Snick (born 2 September 1990 in Liège)[3] [4] is a Belgian retired[1] [2] judoka who won bronze in the women's 48 kg judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also earned a bronze medal at the 2010 European Judo Championships and a silver medals at the 2012 and 2013 European Judo Championships.
Fighting in the 48 kg division, Van Snick was Belgian cadet age class champion in 2006, and Belgian junior champion in 2007.[5] She won a bronze medal at the 2008 European Junior Championships at the age of 17. She won the 2009 European Junior Championships and placed 5th in the 2009 World Junior Championships.[6] As a reward for this, she was awarded the Sports Merit Trophy distributed by the French Community. In 2010, she won at her first senior European Championship medal, a bronze, in Vienna.
In 2012 Van Snick won the silver medal at the European Championships. On Saturday 28 July 2012, she won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games 2012 in London. In the qualifying round, she beat the Korean Chung Jung-yeon with ippon. In the quarter-finals, she beat the Hungarian Éva Csernoviczki, also with ippon. She lost in the semi-finals against the eventual Olympic champion, Sarah Menezes to yuko. The match which decided the bronze medal was won by Van Snick against the Argentinian Paula Pareto, after the latter got a second shido.
In April 2013 Van Snick won the silver medal at the European Championships, losing in the final to Csernoviczki.
She won two gold medals at European Championship level, in 2015 and 2016, as well as silvers in 2012 and 2013.[7] [8]
At the end of 2016, having lost in the second round at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Van Snick moved up to the 52 kg weight division.[9] In 2021, she competed in the women's 52 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[10]
Doping case
In August 2013 Van Snick won a bronze medal at the World Championships in Rio de Janeiro. On 14 October 2013 it was announced that Van Snick had tested positive for cocaine in Rio. Van Snick maintained her innocence.[11] On 29 October 2013 it was announced that a hair analysis that Van Snick commissioned by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven's toxicology lab proved negative for habitual cocaine use. Toxicological research proved the presence of 2,3 picogram cocaine per milligram in the hair for the period from 10 August to 10 October 2013, which is 200 times less than the amount in a strain for a habitual user, and a complete absence of cocaine in the part of the hair dating before 10 August.[12] However, on 30 November 2013 it was announced that the official retest also showed positive for cocaine.[13] On 3 January 2014, she was banned by the IJF for a period of two years. Van Snick announced she would appeal the ban with the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS).[14] On 4 July 2014, CAS decided that Van Snick's appeal would be partially upheld. CAS found that the most likely explanation for the presence of cocaine was sabotage by a third party and consequently annulled the two-year ban. CAS acknowledged the existence of an anti-doping rule violation, but declared that Van Snick was not to blame. As the positive test was taken in competition, her results obtained during the Judo World Championships in Rio de Janeiro 2013 remain annulled in accordance with article 9 of the World Anti-Doping Code.[15]
Achievements
Source:[16]
- 2007
Belgian Championships -48 kg, Hasselt
- 2008
Belgian Championships -48 kg, Herstal
European U20 Championships -48 kg, Warsaw
- 2009
European Cup -48 kg, Baar
European Cup -48 kg, London
European U20 Championships -48 kg, Yerevan
- 2010
World Cup -48 kg, Sofia
World Cup -48 kg, Birmingham
Grand Prix -48 kg, Rotterdam
European Championships -48 kg, Vienna
- 2011
World Cup -48 kg, São Paulo
Grand Prix -48 kg, Amsterdam
Grand Prix -48 kg, Qingdao
Belgian Championships -48 kg, Ronse
Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf
Grand Slam -48 kg, Rio de Janeiro
Grand Slam -48 kg, Tokyo
- 2012
Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf
European Championships -48 kg, Chelyabinsk
Olympic Games -48 kg, London
Grand Slam -48 kg, Moscow
- 2013
Grand Prix -48 kg, Samsun
European Championships -48 kg, Budapest
- 2014
Grand Prix -48 kg, Tashkent
Grand Prix -48 kg, Zagreb
- 2015
European Games -48kg, Baku
European Championships -48kg, Baku
Grand Prix -48 kg, Düsseldorf
Grand Slam -48 kg, Baku
Grand Slam -48 kg, Paris
- 2016
European Championships -48kg, Kazan
- 2017
Grand Slam -52 kg, Abu Dhabi
Grand Slam -52 kg, Baku
Grand Prix -52 kg, Tashkent
Grand Prix -52 kg, The Hague
- 2018
Grand Prix -52 kg, The Hague
Grand Prix -52 kg, Budapest
Grand Slam -52 kg, Düsseldorf
Grand Prix -52 kg, Zagreb
- 2019
Grand Slam -52 kg, Yekaterinburg
- 2020
European Championships -52kg, PragueNotes and References
- News: Lizin . Cédric . Charline Van Snick ends her career: "Burn-out, post-traumatic stress... I gave up my Olympic project so as not to put myself in danger" . 9 February 2024 . . 6 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240206120527/https://www.rtbf.be/article/charline-van-snick-met-un-terme-a-sa-carriere-burn-out-stress-post-traumatique-j-ai-renonce-a-mon-projet-olympique-pour-ne-pas-me-mettre-en-danger-11325124 . 6 February 2024 . fr.
- News: Charline Van Snick announces retirement from judo . 9 February 2024 . JudoInside.com . 6 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240209094613/https://www.judoinside.com/news/6406/Charline_van_Snick_announces_retirement_from_Judo . 9 February 2024.
- Web site: Charline Van Snick: site officiel. 28 July 2012.
- Web site: Charline Van Snick. www.london2012.com. 28 July 2012. 3 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130103150007/www.london2012.com/athlete/van-snick-charline-1129016/. dead.
- Web site: Charline van Snick switches to U52kg starting in Tokyo. www.judoinside.com. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: World Championships Juniors Paris, Event, JudoInside. www.judoinside.com. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: Kazan Judo preview U48kg: Csernoviczki and Van Snick rivals again. www.judoinside.com. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: Charline Van Snick prolongs European title U48kg. www.judoinside.com. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: Belgium's Van Snick signals arrival at U52kg after first Grand Slam win. www.judoinside.com. 2020-04-07.
- Web site: Judo Results Book. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20210801000704/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/JUD/OG2020-_JUD_B99_JUD-------------------------------.pdf. 1 August 2021. 1 August 2021. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
- http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Judo/131014_van_snick_cocaine Charline Van Snick is betrapt op gebruik van cocaïne (Dutch)
- http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20131029_012 B-staal Van Snick negatief (Dutch)
- http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/ander_nieuws/Judo/131130_Van_Snick_B_Positief Ook B-staal van Van Snick is positief
- http://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20140103_00911711 Charline Van Snick wordt twee jaar geschorst: ‘Absurd’ (Dutch)
- Web site: Judo - The CAS annuls the suspension of Charline Van Snick. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 5 July 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140603162927/http://www.tas-cas.org/news. 3 June 2014.
- http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/39298/judo-results/ Charline Van Snick (Belgium)
