Antoine Manuel Sylvain Quintal Launay[1] (born 28 June 1993)[2] is a French-Portuguese slalom canoeist[3] who has competed at the international level since 2011 when he represented France at the European Junior Championships. He has represented Portugal since 2016.[4]
 Launay at the 2019 World Championships | |||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||
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| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1993 Toulouse | ||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||
| Country | Portugal | ||||||||
| Sport | Canoe slalom | ||||||||
| Rank | No. 20 | ||||||||
| Event | K1 | ||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBorn and based in Toulouse, Launay has competed at numerous European Championship, World Championship, and World Cup events.[5] He finished 7th in the K1 event at the 2019 World Championships.[6] He competed in the K1 event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[7] finishing in 11th position after being eliminated in the semifinal.
References
edit- ^ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
- ^ "Histórico do Atleta Antoine Launay". www.fpcanoagem.pt. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Antoine LAUNAY". ICF - Planet Canoe. 21 September 2019.
- ^ "Antoine LAUNAY". CanoeSlalom.net. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Canoeing - Antoine Launay (Portugal)". www.the-sports.org.
- ^ "Canoe Slalom World Cup set to return after coronavirus shutdown". www.insidethegames.biz. 15 October 2020.
- ^ Martins, Marco (9 October 2019). "Antoine Launay: un lusodescendant qui rêve de médaille aux JO de Tokyo".
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