Jean-Charles Valladont

Jean-Charles Valladont (born 20 March 1989) is a French archer. He competed at the 2008, 2016 and 2024 Summer Olympics, the latter two in which he won silver medals.^[2]^[3] He won another silver medal at the 2015 World Cup.^[4]

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Valladont at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Personal information

Born

20 March 1989 (age 35)
Besançon, France^[1]

Height

180 cm (5 ft 11 in) ^[2]

Weight

83 kg (183 lb)

Sport

Archery

Medal record

Men's recurve archery

Representing France
Olympic Games
	2024 Paris	Men’s team
	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Individual
World Championships
	2017 Mexico	Team
	2013 Belek	Team
World Games
	2013 Cali	Individual
European Games
	2019 Minsk	Team
European Championship
	2016 Nottingham	Recurve Men
	2024 Essen	Team
	2018 Legnica	Individual
	2024 Essen	Individual
European Indoor Championships
	2022 Laško	Team
	2022 Laško	Individual

Career

At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Valladont finished his ranking round with a total of 656 points, which gave him the 35th seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Michael Naray in the first round. Naray, who was the 30th seed won the match by 108–106. He was eliminated in the following round by Viktor Ruban who would eventually win the gold medal.^[5]

Valladont won the silver medal in the men's recurve event at the 2022 European Indoor Archery Championships held in Laško, Slovenia.^[6] He also won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event.^[6]

Valladont won the bronze medal in the men's individual recurve event at the 2024 European Archery Championships held in Essen, Germany.^[7] He also won the gold medal in the men's team recurve event.^[7]

References

[1]
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jean-Charles Valladont". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
[2]
Jean-Charles Valladont Archived 2 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Rio2016.com
[3]
"Battue en finale des JO par la Corée du Sud, l'équipe de France de tir à l'arc prend la médaille d'argent". L’Equipe. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
[4]
Jean-Charles Valladont. nbcolympics.com
[5]
"Athlete biography: Jean-Charles Valladont". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 19 August 2008.
[6]
"2022 European Indoor Archery Championships" (PDF). World Archery Europe. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
[7]
"2024 European Archery Championships Results Book" (PDF). IANSEO. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.

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