Véronique Pierron
Véronique Pierron 
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| birthday | 22nd July 1989 (age 31) | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Sedan , France | ||||||||||||
| size | 172 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg | ||||||||||||
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| society | Reims Patinage de Vitesse | ||||||||||||
| National squad | since 2005 | ||||||||||||
| status | active | ||||||||||||
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| last change: March 2nd, 2019 | |||||||||||||
Véronique Pierron (born July 22, 1989 in Sedan ) is a French short tracker .
She has been part of the French national team since 2005. At the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin , she was a substitute runner for the relay, but was not used. Pierron played her first European championship in Ventspils in 2008 . In the all-around competition she reached 18th place. In the 2008/09 season Pierron made her debut in Sofia in the World Cup. As the best result, she reached eleventh place over 1000 m. She also started at the European Championships in Turin and achieved seventh place over 1500 m as the best result. In addition, she took part in the World Cup in Vienna for the first time , but could not achieve any top positions. In the following season 2009/10 Pierron played all four World Cups. At the European Championships in Dresden she was sixth in the all-around competition. Over 1000 m she also won her first international medal with bronze. She qualified for the Olympic Games in Vancouver . Over 500 m she reached the quarter-finals and finished 14th in the final ranking. In the 2010/11 season she reached eighth place at the World Cup in Québec over 1000 m and thus her best World Cup placement to date. At the European Championships in Mladá Boleslav in 2012 , Pierron was again able to win bronze over 1000 m. In the all around she reached sixth place. At the World Championships in Shanghai she reached the semifinals over 1500 m.
In the 2018/19 season Pierron reached her first podium in the World Cup singles in Calgary with third place over 1000 m. In addition, she was third in Salt Lake City with the mixed relay. At the European Championships in Dordrecht in 2019 , she came in 14th place in the all-around competition and fourth in the relay.
In 2009 Pierron won her first national championship title.
Web links
- Véronique Pierron in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Veronique Pierron in the database of ShorttrackOnLine.info (English)
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| SURNAME | Pierron, Véronique |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French short tracker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1989 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sedan |