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Maëlle Guilbaud
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born1996 (age 27–28)
Saint Barthélemy
Sport
SportSailing
EventRS:X
Turned pro2016

Maëlle Guilbaud (born 1996) is a French competitive windboard sailor, originally from Saint Barthélemy an Overseas collectivity of France. Beginning in the youth championships, she ranked as the French women's youth champion in 2013, 2014 and 2015, before turning professional the following year. At the end of the 2016 season she was the 3rd ranking woman in France and 13th in the world. In 2017, she won the Women's European title.

Early life

Maëlle Guilbaud was born in St. Barth's in 1996[1] to Hélène (née Puren) and Pierrick Guilbaud. She came from a family of sailors, with both of her parents engaged in the sport.[2][3] In 2011 after graduating from high school, she moved to France.[1][2] Guilbaud competed in the youth division, winning the French Championship three times.[4] Her first win of the French title was in 2013,[5] and that same year she won the bronze medal for the RS:X Youth World Championships.[6] After her last win of the youth championship in 2015,[4] she turned pro.[7]

Career

In 2016, Guilbaud became a trainer at the School of Sablais Water Sports.[1] Her first professional event was the PWA World Cup held in Ulsan, Korea that same year.[7] She won the bronze medal in the IFCA Slalom World Championships held off the coast of the island of Brač in Croatia[8] and she finished the year ranked 3rd in France and 13th in the world rankings.[2]

In June 2017, Guilbaud competed with both of her parents in the 2nd Defy the Wind Caribbean Championship in Bonaire. Her father finished 20th in the competition, her mother finished with the silver for women and Guilbaud won the women's division.[9][10] In July 2017, Guilbaud won the RS:One Convertible European Open Championships becoming the 2017 Women's European titleholder with her consistency in the event held in Brittany.[11] In November 2017, she dominated in the inaugural foil windsurfing competition for the RS:Convertible world championship held in Praia da Vitória, in the Azores and finished in first place.[12][13]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Maville 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Le Journal des Sables 2016.
  3. ^ Archives Le Corossol 2009.
  4. ^ a b Arquin 2015.
  5. ^ Windsurf Journal 2013.
  6. ^ Fédération Française de Voile 2013.
  7. ^ a b Professional Windsurfers Association 2017.
  8. ^ Journal de Saint Barth 2016, p. 8.
  9. ^ Journal de Saint Barth 2017, p. 8.
  10. ^ Raceboard 2017.
  11. ^ International RS:Convertible Class Association 2017.
  12. ^ SurferToday 2017.
  13. ^ El Español 2017.

Bibliography

  • Arquin, Nicolas (29 August 2015). "Espoirs Extrême Glisse: Guilbaud, Goyard et Jolivet champions de France" [Extreme Hopes Slide: Guilbaud, Goyard and Jolivet champions of France] (in French). Seyssinet-Pariset, France: Wind Magazine. Archived from the original on 19 September 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  • "2017 RS:One Convertible European Open Championships – 8th to 13th July 2017 Penmarc'h Brittany France – Final report". RS: Convertible Class. International RS:Convertible Class Association. 14 July 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "Julien Quentel and Maelle Guilbaud Take Out the 2017 Defi Wind Caribbean, Bonaire". Raceboard. Hampshire, England: International Raceboard Association. 22 June 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "La championne qui encadre les jeunes planchistes sablais" [The champion who supervises young skateboarders from Sables]. Maville (in French). Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "La véliplanchiste Maëlle Guilbaud dans le gotha mondial" [Windsurfer Maëlle Guilbaud in the world's elite]. Le Journal des Sables (in French). Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "Les championnats du monde de slalom" [The World Slalom Championships] (in French). Corossol, Saint Barthélemy: Archives Le Corossol. June 2009. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "L'oeil de Maëlle Guilbaud" [The Eyes of Maëlle Guilbaud]. Windsurf Journal (in French). Les Sables-d'Olonne, France. 12 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "Maëlle Guilbaud en bronze en Croatie" [Maëlle Guilbaud a bronze in Croatia] (PDF). Journal de Saint Barth (in French). No. 1188. Saint-Jean, Saint Barthélemy. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "Maëlle première chez les femmes" [Maëlle first in women] (PDF). Journal de Saint Barth (in French). No. 1240. Saint-Jean, Saint Barthélemy. 6 July 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "Marina Alabau, subcampeona del mundo de windsurf con foil" [Marina Alabau, runner-up in the world windsurfing with foil]. El Español (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 4 November 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "PWA Athletes: Maëlle Guilbaud". PWA World Tour. Paia, Hawaii: Professional Windsurfers Association. 2017. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "RS:Convertible crowns its first world champions". SurferToday. Porto, Portugal. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  • "RS:X Youth World Championships : Cinq Français dans le Top 10!" [RS: X Youth World Championships: Five French in the Top 10!]. FFVoile (in French). Paris, France: Fédération Française de Voile. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 10 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
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