Valentin Onfroy

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From left to right: T. Onfroy, Marteau, Lang, V. Onfroy at the European Rowing Championship 2016

Valentin Onfroy (born November 16, 1993 in Verdun ) is a French rower .

Athletic career

Valentin Onfroy started rowing in 2007. At the U23 World Championships in 2012, he finished fourth in the double quad , and in 2013 he rowed to sixth in the four with helmsman . In 2014 he competed with Laurent Cadot in two without a helmsman at the European Championships and took seventh place as the winner of the B final. In 2015, Onfroy was a member of the French eighth team , which finished fifth at the European Championships . At the 2015 World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette in front of a home crowd, the eighth with tenth place clearly missed the direct Olympic qualification, only the first five eighth secured starting places for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

In 2016 a new four without a helmsman formed. In addition to Valentin Onfroy, Benjamin Lang moved from last year eighth , Mickaël Marteau from the scullers and Valentin's brother Théophile Onfroy from the lightweight rowers. This newly put together foursome won the bronze medal at the European Championships in early May 2016 . Shortly thereafter, the four qualified in Lucerne for participation in the Olympic Games, where the French rowed to eleventh place. At the European Championships 2017, the Italians Matteo Lodo and Giuseppe Vicino won in two without a helmsman, ahead of the French Valentin and Théophile Onfroy. A year later, the Onfroy brothers also won silver at the European Championships , this time behind the Croatian brothers Martin and Valent Sinković . A month and a half later at the World Championships in Plovdiv, the Croatians won ahead of the Romanian two and the Onfroys.

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personal data
SURNAME Onfroy, Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 16, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Verdun , France