Carole Péon
  Carole Péon
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 in Kitzbühel, 2012
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| Personal information | |
| Date of birth | 4th November 1978 (age 41) |
| place of birth | Nice, France |
| size | 163 cm |
| Weight | 52 kg |
| societies | |
| To 2012 | Poissy triathlon |
| successes | |
| 2006 | National champion triathlon short distance |
| 2010 | Vice-European triathlon champion short distance |
| status | |
| inactive since 2012 | |
Carole Péon (born November 4, 1978 in Nice ) is a former French triathlete . She is triathlon national champion (2006), vice-European champion (2010) and two-time Olympic athlete (2008, 2012).
Career
Carole Péon started triathlon at the age of 19.
In 2006 she became French state champion in the Olympic distance (short distance: 1.5 km swimming, 40 km cycling and 10 km running).
2008 Summer Olympics
In 2008 Carole Péon started for France at the Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she finished 34th.
In 2010 she was second in Ireland at the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic short distance. In the team classification she was runner-up with the French team.
2012 Summer Olympics
At the Summer Olympics, she finished 29th in London in August 2012. At the World Cup she finished second with the French team after 2010 in Stockholm.
In France, Carole Péon started as part of the Grand Prix de Triathlon championship series for the Poissy Triathlon association .
It has not appeared internationally since 2012. Since the end of her active career , Carole Péon has been working in the French triathlon association, Fédération Française de Triathlon .
She is in a relationship with triathlete Jessica Harrison and they live in Montpellier .
Sporting successes
| Date / year | rank | competition | venue | time | comment |
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| 26 Aug 2012 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
 Stockholm
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Vice World Champion in the team - together with Jessica Harrison , Tony Moulai and Vincent Luis | |
| 25 Aug 2012 | 11 | ITU World Championship Series 2012 |
 Stockholm
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01:01:37 | |
| Aug 4, 2012 | 29 | 2012 Summer Olympics |
 London
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02:03:58 | |
| May 26, 2012 | 14th | ITU World Championship Series 2012 |
 Madrid
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02:07:09 | |
| Apr 20, 2012 | 10 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Eilat
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02:10:04 | European Championship |
| Nov 12, 2011 | 2 | ITU Triathlon African Cup |
 Agadir
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02:05:52 | Second, one second behind the winner, Jessica Harrison |
| Nov 6, 2011 | 1 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
 Guatape |
01:04:11 | Winner in Colombia - alongside Etienne Diemunsch in the men's category |
| Apr 9, 2011 | 4th | ITU World Championship Series 2011 |
 Sydney
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02:01:38 | Opening event of the new season |
| 22 Aug 2010 | 2 | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championship Team |
 Lausanne
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Second in the Team World Championship - together with Jessica Harrison , David Hauss and Frédéric Belaubre | |
| Aug 21, 2010 | 7th | ITU Sprint Triathlon World Championships |
Lausanne |
00:59:31 | at the first event (750 m swimming, 20 km cycling and 5 km running) |
| July 3, 2010 | 2 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
 Athlone
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01:58:09 | Second at the European Triathlon Championships on the Olympic short distance behind the Swiss Nicola Spirig |
| 2010 | 2 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Charleville-Mezieres
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| 2009 | 2 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Belfort
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| Aug 19, 2008 | 34 | 2008 Summer Olympics |
 Beijing
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02: 06: 04.28 | |
| 2006 | 1 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Rennes
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| Apr 18, 2004 | 23 | ETU Triathlon European Championships |
Valencia
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02:01:19 | European championship on the Olympic distance |
| 2002 | 3 | FRA Triathlon National Championships |
Autun
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| May 13, 2001 | 27 | ITU Triathlon World Cup |
Rennes
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02:06:16 |
(DNF - Did Not Finish )
Web links
- Carole Péon's website
- Profile and results of Carole Péon in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on November 10, 2019 (English).
- Carole Péon in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile for Carole Péon at the Institute for Applied Training Science , accessed on August 19, 2014
Individual evidence
- ↑ About Jessica HARRISON and Carole PEON
- ↑ 23 openly gay and lesbian athletes at 2012 London Summer Olympics (July 18, 2012)
- ↑ Diemunsch, Peon rule Guatape (November 6, 2011)
- ↑ Findlay claims 2011 World Championship Series opener in Sydney
- ↑ Short-distance European Championships Athlone: Spirig defends title
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Péon, Carole |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French triathlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th November 1978 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nice |