Alexandra Tavernier

Alexandra Tavernier
Alexandra Tavernier at the 2016 Olympic Games
nation	France
birthday	13th December 1993 (age 26)
place of birth	Annecy ,  France
size	170 cm
Weight	82 kg
Career
discipline	Hammer throw
Best performance	74.94 m (July 11, 2020 in Vénissieux )
society	Annecy Haute-Savoie Athlétisme
Trainer	Walter Ciofani
National squad	since 2011
status	active
Medal table
World championships 0 × 0 × 1 × European championships 0 × 1 × 0 × Mediterranean Games 1 × 0 × 0 × U23 European Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Junior World Championship 1 × 0 × 0 ×
World championships bronze Beijing 2015 74.02 m  European championships silver Berlin 2018 74.78 m  Mediterranean Games gold Tarragona 2018 73.67 m  U23 European Championships gold Tallinn 2015 72.50 m  Junior World Championships gold Barcelona 2012 70.62 m
last change: June 16, 2019

Alexandra Tavernier (born December 13, 1993 in Annecy ) is a French hammer thrower .

Athletic career

Tavernier was active in various throwing disciplines in her youth, but eventually specialized in hammer throwing. She gained her first international experience at the 2011 European Junior Championships in Tallinn, where she finished sixth. At the Junior World Championships in Barcelona in 2012 , she won the gold medal in front of her compatriot Alexia Sedykh with a width of 70.62 m . In 2013 she took part in the U23 European Championships in Tampere , but retired without a valid attempt in qualification. At the Francophonie Games in Nice , she was able to win the bronze medal behind Anita Włodarczyk from Poland and Bianca Perie from Romania . The following year she was the first French champion in the active class and took sixth place at the European Championships in Zurich .

In 2015 Tavernier won the title at the U23 European Championships in Tallinn . She celebrated her most significant success up to that point at the World Championships in Beijing , where she took the bronze medal behind Anita Włodarczyk and the Chinese Zhang Wenxiu with a width of 74.02 m .

In the 2016 competition season Tavernier rose in March with a second place at the Winter union European Cup one in Arad. The rest of the year was rather disappointing for them. At the European Championships in Amsterdam , she remained in qualification without a valid attempt. Although she won the French championships, she then fell well short of expectations with 11th place at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . At the 2017 World Championships in London, she did not come back over 12th place. Two and a half weeks later, she finished fifth at the Universiade in Taipei .

In the 2018 season, Tavernier found its way back to its old form. At the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona , she celebrated winning the title with a width of 73.67 m. A good six weeks later, she improved the French record to 74.78 m at the European Championships in Berlin and took the silver medal behind Anita Włodarczyk. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, she finished sixth with 73.33 m.

Alexandra Tavernier has been part of the Annecy Haute-Savoie Athlétisme club since she was a young boy and has been trained by former hammer thrower and Olympian Walter Ciofani since 2014 .

Web links

Commons : Alexandra Tavernier  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alexandra Tavernier in the database of World Athletics (English)
• Athlete portrait by Alexandra Tavernier on athle.com (French)
• Homepage of Alexandra Tavernier (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Emeterio Valiente: Barcelona 2012 - Event Report - Women's Hammer Throw ( English ) IAAF. July 14, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
2. ↑ Jon Mulkeen: Report: women's hammer final - IAAF World Championships, Beijing 2015 ( English ) IAAF. August 27, 2015. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
3. ↑ Pamela Ruprecht: Julian Weber enters Arad with a top performance . Leichtathletik.de. March 13, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
4. ↑ Emeterio Valiente: Spanovic jumps world lead on first day of athletics at Mediterranean Games ( English ) IAAF. June 27, 2018. Accessed March 24, 2019.
5. ↑ Cathal Dennehy: Duplantis vaults 6.05m while Asher-Smith completes sprint triple as European Championships conclude ( English ) IAAF. August 12, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2019.