Pierre-Alexis Ponsot
French sailor (born 1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French sailor (born 1975) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (born 8 May 1975 in Granville, Manche) is a French sailor, who specialized in two-person keelboat (Star) class.[1][2] He represented France, along with his partner and six-time Olympian Xavier Rohart at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and has also been training for Ouest Nautical Sports Club (French: Sport Nautique de l'Ouest) throughout most of his sporting career.[1][3] As of September 2014, Leboucher is ranked forty-first in the world for fleet racing and keelboat by the International Sailing Federation, following his successes at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships and 2012 Star World Championships.[4]
| |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pierre-Alexis Ponsot |
| Nationality |  France |
| Born | 8 May 1975 Granville, Manche, France |
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Sailing career | |
| Class | Keelboat |
| Club | Sport Nautique de l'Ouest[1] |
Ponsot qualified as a crew member for the French squad in the Star class at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London by finishing ninth and receiving a berth from the ISAF World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.[5][6] Teaming with his partner Rohart in the opening series, the French duo delivered a powerful lead in the first leg, but came up short for the podium with an accumulated net score of 86 points and a satisfying ninth position against a fleet of sixteen boats.[7][8]
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
