Charlotte Lembach

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Charlotte Lembach
Charlotte Lembach FFE press conference 2013-07-25.jpg
Personal information
Nickname(s)Chacha
Born (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 33)
Strasbourg, France
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
CountryFrance
SportFencing
WeaponSabre
Handright-handed
National coachJean-Philippe Daurelle
ClubStrasbourg Université Club
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record

Charlotte Lembach (born 1 April 1988) is a French sabre fencer, silver team medal in the 2014 World Fencing Championships and in 2014 European Fencing Championships.

Career[]

Lembach was first called into the French national team for the 2009 European Championships in Plovdiv, but a hamstring injury prevented her from attending the competition.[1] She was selected again for the 2012 European Championships in Kiev, but did not manage to earn a qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

After the Games, three members of the French team retired, leaving Lembach as team elder: at the age of 24 she acquired the nickname “Mamie” (“Granny”). The 2012–13 season saw her breakthrough: at Tianjin she climbed on the podium of a World Cup event, which no other French sportswomen had accomplished in two years and a half.[2] She however failed to earn a medal in the 2013 European Championships and the 2013 World Championships.

In the 2013–14 season Jean-Philippe Daurelle replaced as coach of the French women's sabre team, which Lembach described as “a breath of fresh air”.[3] Under his coaching Lembach won a silver medal in the Dakar World Cup and climbed on the podium in Chicago and Beijing.[3] In the European Championships held in her native Strasbourg, Lembach defeated teammate Cécilia Berder, but failed in the second round against No.1 seed Vassiliki Vougiouka and finished 13th.[3] In the team event, France defeated Germany, but were overcome in the semi-finals by reigning champions Russia. They prevailed over Poland to come away with a bronze medal. In the World Championships at Kazan, she fell in the second round again, this time at the hands of Małgorzata Kozaczuk of Poland.[4] In the team event France defeated Hungary, then created an upset by beating Russia in the quarter-finals and Italy in the semi-finals. Their winning streak was snapped in the final by the United States led by twice-Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis and France came away with a silver medal.[5]

Lembach is a student at EDHEC Business School.

References[]

  1. ^ "Lembach bisse sa première sélection". 20 Minutes (in French). 4 April 2012.
  2. ^ "Charlotte Lembach, l'ennemie publique N.1 des Orléanaises". La République du Centre (in French). 1 June 2013.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Olivier Paquereau (13 July 2014). "Lembach a "les cartes en main"". L'Équipe (in French).
  4. ^ Patrick Issert (18 July 2014). "Lembach tombe, reste Berder". L'Équipe (in French).
  5. ^ Patrick Issert (21 July 2014). "Les Françaises en argent". L'Équipe (in French).

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