Thibault Colard

Thibault Colard, 2015

Thibault Colard (* 13. January 1992 in Fontainebleau ) is a French lightweight - rowers .

Athletic career

Colard started rowing in 2004. At the U23 World Championships in 2014, he finished ninth with the lightweight four-man without a helmsman . He won his first international medal at the European Championships in 2015 , when the French four-man with Thibault Colard, Guillaume Raineau , Thomas Baroukh and Franck Solforosi won silver behind the Swiss. At the 2015 World Championships in front of a home crowd on Lac d'Aiguebelette, the Swiss won ahead of the Danes, while the French foursome won the bronze medal. A year later they won the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiroagain the Swiss 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

• Thibault Colard at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Thibault Colard in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Portrait of the French Olympic team (accessed September 18, 2016)

Footnotes

1. ↑ This information follows the portrait at the French NOK at espritbleu.franceolympique.com . According to the Olympic database www.sports-reference.com , Thibault Colard was born in Seysses .
2. ↑ Décret du 30 November 2016 portant promotion et nomination. In: legifrance.gouv.fr. November 30, 2016, accessed February 21, 2020 (French).