Charlotte Hym

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Charlotte Hym
Personal information
Born (1992-10-30) 30 October 1992 (age 28)
Paris, France
Alma materParis Descartes University
Sport
CountryFrance
SportSkateboarding
PositionRegular-footed
Rank24[1]
Event(s)Street

Charlotte Hym (born 30 October 1992) is a French street skateboarder and neuroscientist based in Paris.

Early life and education[]

Hym was born in Paris and grew up close to Boulevard Richard-Lenoir. She asked for a skateboard at the age of twelve because she saw so many people skateboarding in her local area.[2]

Hym obtained a bachelor's degree in Sport sciences at the Paris Descartes University in 2013, and completed a master's degree in Neuroscience from the same university in 2015.[2] She remained in neuroscience as a doctoral researcher, focusing on cognitive neuroscience at psychology in the laboratory of .[3][4] She looked at the impact of maternal voices on newborn babies.[5] In 2019, she received a PhD degree in Cognitive neuroscience and Psychology from the Paris Descartes University.[2]

Skateboarding career[]

Hym has competed at the World Skateboarding Championships. In 2016 she was approached by Commission Skateboard France to join the France skateboarding teams. She trained in Cosanostra Skatepark.[6] She is a member of the 2020 Summer Olympics French skateboarding team.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings – Street, Female". World Skate. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Skateboarding HYM Charlotte - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". .. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Charlotte Hym | INCC BABYLAB". baby.biomedicale.parisdescartes.fr. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  4. ^ "La chronique de Charlotte Hym : gérer un doctorat et le skate à haut niveau". L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  5. ^ Hym, Charlotte; Forma, Vincent; Anderson, David I.; Provasi, Joëlle; Granjon, Lionel; Huet, Viviane; Carpe, Emilie; Teulier, Caroline; Durand, Karine; Schaal, Benoist; Barbu‐Roth, Marianne (5 December 2020). "Newborn crawling and rooting in response to maternal breast odor". Developmental Science. 24 (3). doi:10.1111/desc.13061. ISSN 1363-755X.
  6. ^ "Meet France's Charlotte Hym, ripping skater and paediatric student". Red Bull. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Eurosport: Charlotte Hym". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.

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