Pascal Gentil
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Pascal Gentil (born 15 May 1973 in Paris) is a French taekwondo practitioner.[1] A three-time winner of the European Championships, four-time World Cup Champion and Olympic bronze medallist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Pascal Gentil is the most decorated taekwondo practitioner in French taekwondo history. The S Class International Olympic Referee Dr.
Captain of the French taekwondo team, Pascal Gentil won his third European title in October 2005 in Riga giving the French team a second position among the European countries behind Turkey with 6 medals including 3 titles. The ranking is the same as for the Athens Games with 2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze) as France finished as 2nd best European country behind Greece (host country).
To prepare for the Olympics, the French Taekwondo Federation set up training centres by grouping together in different locations the best French athletes according to weight categories. Pascal Gentil is a member of
He was selected for the Beijing Games to snatch the gold medal. His opponent for the selection was Mickaël Borot who obtained the French quota in the category by winning the Olympic qualification tournament in Manchester in 2007.[2]
However, during a training session on the 25 July 2008, Pascal sustained an injury (a rupture of the plantar aponeurosis).
On 5 February 2009 he announced to the press that he would give up his sport career in taekwondo after the French Championships in Lyon on 7 February.[4] In Lyon, he obtained his 14th French Champion title after defeating Mickaël Borot in the final.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pascal Gentil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
- ^ Gentil plutôt que Borot Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine, site d'eurosport, consulté le 2 août 2008
- ^ Mickaël Borot veut sortir de l'ombre de Pascal Gentil Archived 2009-10-17 at the Wayback Machine, site mon-dojang, consulté le 6 août
- ^ Pascal Gentil met un terme à sa carrière sportive Archived 2009-10-18 at the Wayback Machine, site mon-dojang
External links
- Pascal Gentil at Olympics.com
- Pascal Gentil at Olympedia
- Pascal Gentil at TaekwondoData.com