Pierre-Alexis Ponsot

Pierre-Alexis Ponsot
Personal information
Full name Pierre-Alexis Ponsot
Nationality  France
Born (1975-05-08) 8 May 1975
Granville, Manche, France
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es) Keelboat
Club Sport Nautique de l'Ouest[1]

Pierre-Alexis Ponsot (born May 8, 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]

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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Pierre-Alexis Ponsot". London 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Pierre-Alexis Ponsot". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "J.O. : c'est parti pour la voile" [Olympic Games: ""Let's go for sailing!"] (in French). Le Télégramme. 29 July 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  4. ↑ Sheahan, Matthew (24 April 2012). "Eyes on Hyeres". Yachting World. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Xavier Rohart et Pierre-Alexis Ponsot sur la seconde marche du podium à Miami" [Xavier Rohart and Pierre-Alexis Ponsot have reached the second step of the podium in Miami] (in French). Groupe Banque Populaire. 30 January 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Leboucher/Garos (FRA) selected for London 2012". 470 World Championships. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Men's Star". London 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "JO/Voile: Jonathan Lobert, en bronze, première médaille française" [Olympic Games/Sailing: Jonathan Lobert wins the first medal, a bronze] (in French). L'Express. 5 August 2012. Retrieved 15 September 2014.
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