Manon Hostens
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1994-06-07) 7 June 1994
Roubaix, Nord, France
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportCanoeing
Events
Medal record
Wildwater canoeing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 7 6 2
European Championships 3 2 2
Total 10 8 4

Manon Hostens (born 7 June 1994) is a French canoeist who won 22 medals at senior level at the Wildwater Canoeing World Championships and European Wildwater Championships.[1][2] She competed in the women's K-4 500 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3]

Biography

Manon Hostens born in Roubaix in the north, has a 2 year old big brother: Quentin. Her parents both working, so she was very soon confronted with the community by a daycare center in Wasquehal. At the age of 2, the family moved to Chéreng in the Lille agglomeration where she began her education in a small country school, in parallel, she became acquainted for the first time with the aquatic environment through baby swimmers. and swimming lessons. This small nautical course enabled him to obtain his first swimming certificate of 25 m at 4 ½ years and his certificate of 400 m at 5 1/2 years.[4]

Medals at the World Championships

Of her 15 medals at the world championships, 5 were at individual level and 9 at team level.[5]

Senior
Wildwater canoeing
Year K1 classic individualK1 classic team K1 sprint individualK1 sprint team
1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013 000000 000100
2014 001100 000010
2015 000000 000100
2016 100001 001100
2017 000000 010100
2018 010010 100010
Tot. 111111 111420

References

  1. ↑ "World and European Championships Results from 1959 to 2019". canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Kamber, Raymond, ed. (2008). "Medal Winners – Olympic Games and World Championships (1936–2007)" (PDF). CanoeICF.com. International Canoe Federation. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "Manon Hostens". Rio2016.com. Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  4. ↑ "Manon Hostens: French kayaker - Biography, Life, Family, Career" (in French). perigueuxcanoe.org. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Hostens Manon - Medals". canoeresults.eu. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
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