Jean-Charles Valladont

Jean-Charles Valladont
Valladont at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Born 20 March 1989 (1989-03-20) (age 29)
Besançon, France[1]
Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) [2]
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Sport
Sport Archery

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

2008 Summer Olympics

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.[4]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Jean-Charles Valladont". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. 1 2 Jean-Charles Valladont. Rio2016.com
  3. Jean-Charles Valladont. nbcolympics.com
  4. "Athlete biography: Jean-Charles Valladont". Beijing2008.cn. Archived from the original on 2008-08-13. Retrieved August 19, 2008.


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