Franck Solforosi

Franck Solforosi, 2015

Franck Solforosi (* 10. September 1984 in Lyon ) is a French lightweight - rowers .

Career

The 1.84 m tall Solforosi was the 2002 junior world champion in the four-man without a helmsman, and in 2003 he won silver in the lightweight four-man without a helmsman at the U23 World Championships . In his first season in the adult class, Solforosi also won his first World Cup regatta when he and Franck Bussiere won the lightweight two-man without a helmsman in Poznan . At the 2004 World Rowing Championships , which were only held in the non-Olympic boat classes, Solforosi and Bussiere rowed in the French lightweight eighth and won the gold medal in this boat class.

In 2005 the French created a new lightweight four without a helmsman together with Franck Solforosi, Jean-Christophe Bette , Jeremy Pouge and batsman Fabien Tilliet . This new foursome has won two World Cup regattas and won the title at the World Championships in Gifu . The following year, the Chinese foursome won the World Championships in Eton , while the French received the silver medal. In 2007 in Munich , the French rowed the silver medal again, this time behind the British. At the 2008 Olympic Games , the boat with Guillaume Raineau took second place for Jeremy Pouge, fourth behind the four from Denmark, Poland and Canada.

In 2009 the French four-man was replaced and finished fourth at the world championships with Solforosi as batsman . At the European Championships three weeks later, Tilliet and Bette returned to the four and became European champions together with Solforosi and Fabrice Moreau . In 2010 the French foursome with Solforosi reached sixth place at the European Championships and seventh place at the World Championships . With a tenth place at the 2011 World Championships and seventh place at the 2012 Olympic Games , the crew of the French lightweight four-man did not row into the top positions in the next two years either. It was not until 2013 that the four-man returned to the top of the world with a bronze medal at the European Championships and fourth place at the World Championships . In 2014 the result was repeated: bronze medal at the European championships and fourth place at the world championships . In 2015 the French four-man with Thibault Colard , Guillaume Raineau, Thomas Baroukh and Franck Solforosi took second place at the European Championships, behind the boat from Switzerland and ahead of the Danes. At the World Championships in front of a home crowd on Lac d'Aiguebelette, the Swiss won ahead of the Danes, while the French four-man won the bronze medal. A year later, the Swiss won again at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , ahead of the Danes and the French. For his medal win, he received the Knight's Cross of the Ordre national du Mérite on November 30, 2016 .

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Décret du 30 November 2016 portant promotion et nomination. In: legifrance.gouv.fr. November 30, 2016, accessed February 21, 2020 (French).