Christophe Lattaignant

Christophe Lattaignant (born September 18, 1971 in Boulogne-sur-Mer ) is a former French helmsman in rowing . He was 1997 and 2001 world champion in coxed four and 2001 lightweight - eight .

Athletic career

The approximately 1.50 m tall Christophe Lattaignant drove the French eighth to the silver medal at the Junior World Championships in 1987, in 1988 he won silver with both the four and the eighth, and in 1989 he again won silver with the eighth. In 1990 he was in Tasmania for the first time at World Championships in the adult class, he finished eighth with the two and tenth place with the four. In 1992 he reached second place in eighth place at the Nations Cup, a forerunner competition to the U23 World Championships , in 1993 and 1994 the eighth won the bronze medal.

At the 1994 World Championships , Lattaignant finished fourth with the four-man, the following year the French two-man with Antoine Béghin , Laurent Béghin and Lattaignant won the silver medal at the 1995 World Championships in Tampere. In 1996 Lattaignant finished fifth with the four at the World Championships in Glasgow . In 1997 at the World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette , the French four-man with Antoine Béghin, Vincent Maliszewski , Bernard Roche , Laurent Béghin and Christophe Lattaignant won the title ahead of the Italians. In 1998 Lattaignant drove the French eighth, who finished ninth at the World Championships in Cologne . In 1999 in St. Catharines , the French eighth came with eleventh place. In 2000, Lattaignant finished fourth at the world championships with the four . At the 2001 World Championships in Lucerne, the four-man teamed up with Gilles Bosquet , Vincent Gazan , Vincent Millot , Sidney Chouraqui and Christophe Lattaignant won ahead of the Italians. In addition, he drove the lightweight eighth to victory over the Danes and won two world championship titles in 2001.

After a year break, Lattaignant reached fourth place at the World Championships in Milan in 2003 with the French eighth . The eighth had thus qualified for the 2004 Olympic Games . Bastien Ripoll , Bastien Gallet , Jean-Baptiste Macquet , Julien Peudecoeur , Donatien Mortelette , Anthony Perrot , Jean-David Bernard , Laurent Cadot and Christophe Lattaignant reached the A-final in Athens and took sixth place. In 2005 the eighth came in ninth place at the World Championships in Gifu , in 2006 in Eton it was tenth place. In 2007 in Munich , the French eighth clearly missed the Olympic qualification as eleventh.

Web links

• Christophe Lattaignant in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Christophe Lattaignant at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )