Faustine Merret

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Faustine Merret medal table
Faustine Merret (2008)
Faustine Merret (2008)

sailing

FranceFrance France
Olympic games
gold Athens 2004 Windsurfing
World championships
bronze Brest 1998 Windsurfing
silver Nouméa 1999 Windsurfing
bronze Mar del Plata 2000 Windsurfing
silver Varkiza 2001 Windsurfing
bronze Pattaya 2002 Windsurfing
bronze Cadiz 2003 Windsurfing
bronze Çeşme 2004 Windsurfing
bronze Torbole 2006 Windsurfing

Faustine Lucie Merret (born March 13, 1978 in Brest ) is a former French windsurfer .

successes

Faustine Merret took part in two Olympic Games . At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens she took first place with 31 points ahead of Yin Jian and Alessandra Sensini and thus became Olympic champion . Four years later , she did not get past eleventh place in Beijing . Merret won eight medals at world championships between 1998 and 2006 , including six bronze and two silver medals. At European Championships between 1997 and 2008 she won three bronze and three silver medals.

For her Olympic victory she received the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor in September 2004 . After the 2008 Games, she ended her career.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Décret du 24 September 2004 portant nomination. In: legifrance.gouv.fr. September 24, 2004, accessed February 21, 2020 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Merret, Faustine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Merret, Faustine Lucie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French windsurfer
DATE OF BIRTH March 13, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Brest , France