Mélanie Gaubil Explained

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

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mélanie Gaubil vice-championne de France de tir à l'arc. French. La Dépêche du Midi. 14 September 2013. 12 September 2020.
  2. Web site: Mélanie Gaubil a vaincu ses démons. French. Mélanie Gaubil has defeated her demons. La Dépêche du Midi. Jérôme. Diesnis. 26 August 2014. 19 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Xu takes 400 meters hurdles in photo finish, Bach praises China. Reuters. Patrick. Johnston. Justin. Palmer. 25 August 2014. 17 February 2020.
  4. Web site: Kang Chae Young completes Medellin triple gold with individual title. World Archery Federation. Chris. Wells. 28 April 2019. 25 November 2019.
  5. Web site: Athlete's biography - the Second Summer Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014 . 2014-09-06 . dead . https://archive.today/20140906141246/http://athlete.nanjing2014.org/html/30844_e.html . 2014-09-06 .